"It has been a priority for the town for more than a year now, and once we saw that we could provide the service without increasing our operating costs, it just made sense to go ahead and do it." Each bin had an information package attached to show inform residents which day their recycling would be picked up and to which day their garbage pick-up had been changed. There was also information to show residents how to place their bins out for collection. "The simpler we make it for people, the more they're going to recycle," says L'Hirondelle. The program is expected to have a huge impact on the amount of trash that the town hauls to the landfill every year. Thousands of tons of recyclable materials that would have been thrown out will now be put to good use rather than rotting away and adding to environmental problems. L'Hirondelle says she conducted some research on her own during the first week of the program, driving around town to see how many people were using their blue bins. She was very pleased with the results. "I observed lots of full recycling bins set out for collection during the first week of the new program. I think people will be amazed at how much more they're going to recycle now than they ever did in the past."