re big chunks of Styrofoam ever acceptable? And plastic bags from the supermarket? And those six-pack plastic trays from the nursery?The answers are no, no, no, no, no, no, no and no.About 10 percent of what appears in our curbside recycling carts doesn t belong there, said Sara Gallegos, Napa s recycling coordinator. I think people are always just hoping, said Tim Dewey-Mattia, the public education coordinator for the city s garbage franchise holder, Napa Recycling and Waste Services.A tour of the city s recycling plant near the Napa County Airport illustrates the confusion in the minds of customers. Sorters have culled all kinds of junk from the conveyor belt, which carries a fast-moving stream of discards.Carpet padding, a child s car safety seat, a student s backpack, a chaise-lounge, a plastic duck decoy. Even suitcases have been inappropriately tossed.Napans have taken to recycling with admirable gusto since single-stream curbside recycling started two years ago, said Kevin Miller, the city s recycling manager. In the case of those Styrofoam chunks and garden hoses, too much gusto.With single stream, which allows households to dump all recyclables into one container, recycling increased 24 percent the first year, then another 8 percent last year. That s nearly 60,000 tons of material diverted from landfills.The average household is producing 10.8 lbs. of waste a day, with 6.5 lbs.
from http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/09/07/news/local/doc46e0db9084c86156439912.txt
Firefighters removed a smoldering chaise lounge from a residence on the 1100 block of Park Avenue. Smoke began rising from the chair after electrical wiring or an electric motor inside the recliner short-circuited or overheated.
from http://alamedasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1984&Itemid=10
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