Green bins not such a wonderful thing for city

By Letter to the Editor on May 29, 2021.

Editor: Oh, the not so wonderful things about green bins.
Since the April 22 article on the “wonderful thing about green bins” I have come up with a few things I think are not so wonderful – and here they are:
1 – Are the homeowners who are currently composting able to opt out?
2 – Is 80 per cent of the expected tonnage grass and yard trimmings?
3 – Will we have another bin in the alley to manoeuvre around – half the people leave them out?
4 – Another cost per month to compost a fraction of what the ICI sends to the landfill.
5 – Six month program – year-long cost.
7 – Racoons anyone?
8 – Is methane gas currently being managed – will pulling our organics really matter?
9 – Three more city trucks.
10 – Can we phone the mayor and councillors to have compost delivered to our yard?
As for the April article – for the writer to to suggest that this is a competition with other cities is downright childish – that we can thumb our noses at the bumpkins in Regina and Winnipeg is embarrassing.
Grant R Harrington
Lethbridge