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Adams Morgan Gets Recycling Bins

Another nice addition to Adams Morgan from the 18th St, NW Streetscape project – recycling. I hope we see more and more of these around town.

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By: Prince Of Petworth | 23 July 2012 10:02 PM | 9 Comments

urbanengineer

I hope we see more and more people who use these properly. It’s not that difficult, but considering the crap sober people in my building put into the recycling, I can only imagine what the late night weekend adams morgan crowd will be putting into these.

July 23, 2012 at 10:27 pm
- indc
  
  +1 (maybe the adams morgan late-night crowd will try placing some of their fellow revelers in their – one can hope).
  
  July 24, 2012 at 10:47 am
  - indc
    
    *there, not their
    
    July 24, 2012 at 10:48 am
Anonymous

Yay recycling bins. Boo trash compactors. I hate that you have to touch them (the front handle) to throw trash away. Yuck.

July 23, 2012 at 10:51 pm
enuggets

Do I throw out or recycle jumbo slice crust?

July 24, 2012 at 7:01 am
alxindc

Expensive trash bins. 5+K a pop! Invented in Boston!

July 24, 2012 at 8:52 am
- kyle-w
  
  These things pay-back in like a year. Good on DC for getting these things. Yes, they are terrificly expensive. However, think about DPW. We are paying those guys good salaries to empty trash cans, not to mention the hundred thousand dollar trash trucks, that get 3 miles to the gallon.
  
  These things take something like 5 times more trash than a normal trash can, meaning they have to be emptied 1/5 as often. They will also overflow less, so less trash on the street. Seems like a win-win-win.
  
  July 24, 2012 at 10:02 am
  - 15th to 15th
    
    Kyle-W is right. If these are the ones I am thinking about, they send a text message alerting when the bin is full so there’s no guesswork as to when to empty out which bins. They are also solar-powered!
    
    July 24, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Anonymous

they only work if people put the trash “in” the bin.

July 24, 2012 at 10:08 am