City no longer paying subsidy for recycling bins at schools

For Thursday, September 20, 2012

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 20, 2012

~~Question: Whatever happened to the stalemate over the city’s “white bin” recycling program at Oahu schools? The Carlisle administration said it was canceling the city’s involvement since the program was no longer financially practical, but City Council members designated $2.4 million in the city operating budget to not only continue, but to expand the white bin program.
Answer: It looks like the Carlisle administration is not restoring funding for the 20-year-old city “white bin” program that was once the symbol of residential recycling for Oahu.
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Question: Whatever happened to the stalemate over the city’s “white bin” recycling program at Oahu schools? The Carlisle administration said it was canceling the city’s involvement since the program was no longer financially practical, but City Council members designated $2.4 million in the city operating budget to not only continue, but to expand the white bin program.

Answer: It looks like the Carlisle administration is not restoring funding for the 20-year-old city “white bin” program that was once the symbol of residential recycling for Oahu. Login for more...