WASTE: Answer is recycling

It’s interesting that the Kootenai County Solid Waste Department is seeking additional acreage for future waste disposal. I moved here from a state that promoted residential recycling by providing containers for recycling. These containers were picked up the same day trash was picked up at curb side. A good 80 percent of what is being tossed out as “trash,” i.e. plastics, cardboard, newspaper, metal etc., can and should be recycled. I contacted the governor’s office about this situation but have yet to hear back from them. We shouldn’t need more acreage. What we need is a convenient way to recycle.

RICHARD PETROVIC

Post Falls