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Privatize Recycling? It’s Pretty Much Already Been Done
The city is talking about privatizing the blue cart recycling program. Details would be nice. Political will too.
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More Ridiculousness on City Recycling
A pair of aldermen want to fine suburbanites who drop their recyclables in the city. What are they thinking?
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City Council Plays Guessing Game with Expansion of Blue Cart Recycling
A City Council meeting on Chicago’s halting recycling programs quickly turns into an on-the-record bitch session.
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The city’s taking a few more steps toward growing a recycling culture
City officials are working on their latest plan to get more people recycling–though they’ve never bothered to enforce the recycling laws already on the books.
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Trash and Cash
The lousy economy means it’s costing Chicago taxpayers more to recycle, but city officials are vowing to press on.