To: The Texas State House, The Texas State Senate, and Governor Greg Abbott
Induce More Opportunity For Recycling
I've become upset and confused as to why my apartment complex has taken away our small recycling bins. Before the bins were even taken away, I have wanted to voice my belief that the recycling bins for apartment complexes should be much larger and ideal for containing the recycled material. My speculation on as to why the bins were taken comes from witnessing a very strong wind tip the bins over releasing material into the surrounding natural environment. Immediately, my roommate and I went down to clean as much of it up as possible. I think it is really important to not give up by just taking the bins away; but rather design a larger more ideal bin for recycled goods to be contained (especially for large complexes).
Why is this important?
My petition concerns designing new recycling containers that are just as ideal as trash bins for large complexes. For an entire apartment complex and even food-industry spots in San Marcos, it's common to see only a couple of small recycling bins (that someone who owns a house has one of), or even none at all in most cases (just as my apartment complex). This is a striking problem to me, for many institutions where large groups of people consume (apartments/restraunts) dont have the opportunity to recycle; and I fear the continued apathetheic approach to throwing away reusable material will ultimately void desicions to do something about this problem in the first place. This will effect everyone, especially large scale as we already see in our oceans and natural environments, suffocating the niches within the many levels of life. San Marcos recycling policy should reflect similar implementations from the city of Austin.