That sounded vaguely right although I didn't know firsthand. It wasn't in my neighborhood. Everyone I know seems to genuinely want to recycle. People just didn't want to fill up the bins. So instead of educating, persisting, taking the higher ground, they gave up.
Landfills are still a crucial issue.
There's not enough land to go around. That's why the city is so pleased with its resource recovery program. Kerr-McGee buys the energy from the burned trash at the city and county facility. Which means the city really hasn't made all that much money from the arrangement, Cook said. Kerr-McGee was at the extravaganza, too.