Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

Question: How Committed Are You to Recycling?

Full story here

Outgoing Kootenai County Commission Chairman Gus Johnson, during a public meeting on Monday, poured the remainder of his soda from the aluminum can into his coffee cup. He then tossed the spent can into a trash receptacle behind the commission table and walked out of the chambers. If someone didn't reach in and retrieve the can that night when custodians dumped the trash, that can likely would begin a trip into the county's waste stream. "I've been guilty of that myself," incoming chairman Rick Currie said. "We all have been guilty of that, I think." Johnson could not be reached for comment -- Dave Turner/Coeur d'Alene Press.

DFO: I can't leave ol' Gus hanging on this one. I don't recycle either. I've heard that the cost for picking up recyclables wipes out any savings on the landfill in. Dunno. I wished this story had discussed that. Meanwhile, Gus and I will stand in opposite corners, with our noses against the wall.

Question: How committed are you to recycling?



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.