Comments on: Piling up: A tale of trash in Perkasie and Sellersville

By: Reinventing reporting and “crowd-sourcing” your stories

Reinventing reporting and “crowd-sourcing” your stories — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:37:10 +0000

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By: Ben Franklin Project A Success « The Ben Franklin Project

Ben Franklin Project A Success « The Ben Franklin Project — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:51:52 +0000

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By: Andrew R

Andrew R — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:51:52 +0000

Kelly- please don’t be so dramatic about the cardboard piling up. For one, you can flatten the boxes and it would take up less than half the room and 2) you said it was from a party, so unless you have those every week I doubt its always that bad. You can always drop it off at the borough recycling center.

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Montgomery Media production deadline « The Ben Franklin Project — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:07:24 +0000

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By: Greg M

Greg M — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:58:14 +0000

I don’t consider using perkasie’s PAYT system being “victim” to it. We put out 1-3 bags per week and have few issues with the system. The borough has been very flexible over the years and while we’ve had bulky items or yard waste left when we didn’t follow the rules, but we’ve never had a trash bag left behind.

Overall, we’re ok with the system

By: WadeF

WadeF — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:29:51 +0000

“The new $35 fee is intended to make the system more fair, since even residents who do not buy bags but take advantage of other free services – like curbside bulky waste and recyclable collection – will have to pay.
“The institution of an annual fee will help spread the cost of collecting all material to every household instead of just those residents who are abiding by the rules of the bag program,” Coaxum said.

How does this make the system more fair? The people who are currently supporting the system by purchasing bags and using them will also have to pay the $35 rate. So for doing the right thing they get hit with a $35 fee, and those who currently don’t pay into the system, or abuse it, will just pay $35 and continue to not buy borough bags. If it was truly fair, everyone would pay $35 and the bags would be sold cheaper, say $3.00 instead of $3.25. The $35 fee punishes everyone.

By: Piling up: A look at the Perkasie trash system « The Ben Franklin Project

Piling up: A look at the Perkasie trash system « The Ben Franklin Project — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:48:37 +0000

[...] the Perkasie trash system Jump to Comments The team at Montgomery Media’s News-Herald have started reporting their story about the local trash [...]