Reader Offers Wildwood Mayors a Recycling Idea

To The Editor:
I would like to suggest a recycling company to the four mayors of the Wildwoods, but first let me explain why.
I spend my summers at my second home in North Wildwood and the recycling procedure is a mess. I have to separate my newspapers and my cardboard into two different bundles, but I can combine my glass, plastic and aluminum. Who has time for all that? No one, that’s who. That’s why people don’t take the time to do it, it’s too much work.
At my home in Cherry Hill we have RecycleBank and it’s awesome. Every house gets a giant blue can that everything goes into; glass, aluminum, plastic, numbers 1 and 2, all cardboard and paper. The can has an electronic device on it that you register to your home. When the truck comes to pick up the can it weighs the amount your recycling and translates that number into points that go into your online account that you can then use to get coupons, gift cards, discounts, etc. It would keep the streets cleaner and the planet greener.
Most people only recycle glass, aluminum, plastic, newspaper and large cardboard boxes, but with this I can put all paper and cardboard; junk mail, magazines, catalogs, cereal boxes paper towel rolls… you get the picture. There’s no separating involved, it all goes in the blue can. So look up this company, mayors of the Wildwoods and do your towns some good.