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Bring on city-wide trash and recycling Dairy Queen. But the location doesn’t bother nearly as much as the hours. They are open only from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday – in other words, during work hours. How much more convenient it would be for us to take them our recyclables on the weekends. And forget about dropping them off on the way to or from work. I’ve been there at 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., and in both cases, the gate was closed. So I guess the posted hours are what we might call “target hours” of operation. And the sign clearly states not to simply leave recyclables at the gate. So I make special trips during my work days, but I long for the day when Carmel will pick them up at my curbside – with my trash. Andrew Ray is a Carmel resident. You may write him at andy46032@ att.net or visit his blog at http:// www.myspace.com/andy46032.
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COMMENTARY By Andy Ray I see in the latest “news from the city of Carmel” mailing that, “The city of Carmel is investigating the feasibility of a city-wide trash and recycling contract for residents.” And I wonder why on Earth Carmel hasn’t investigated this feasibility before. When I lived in Indianapolis, we had city trash pick-up as far back as the mid-1980s. Surely, trash pick-up is one function of government that we can live with here in the land of private enterprise. For one thing, it would be nice to see all trash cans in any given neighborhood at the street all on the same day. And a good, quality recycling effort by the city would bring us into the 21st century. My family recycles paper, plastic, metal, glass and aluminum, but our options are limited. Rather than pay extra for our trash hauler to take our recyclables, I take them to what passes for Carmel’s recycling facility. If you’ve never been there, it’s somewhat inconveniently located north of town on Range Line Road, near the
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