Several years ago, there had been curbside recycling in my Cleveland neighborhood, but no official bins: items were to be left in blue bags on the treelawn, next to the trash cans. After two years, this was discontinued for reasons of cost -- I think probably because scavengers were traveling the city a half day ahead of the collection schedule, nabbing the more valuable recyclables and leaving the city with no income to offset the collection costs. Now I have to drive the recyclables a dozen blocks to the nearest official collection dumpster at the local park.

-MTD/neb