Results of latest polls, Recycling and Garbage limits in the Crowsnest Pass

Very Interesting results on my latest polls.

Firstly I asked:

Should the Crowsnest Pass change its 5 bag limit on garbage?

With the options of:
No its fine 10 votes
No limit at all 2 votes
Yes to 4 bags 0 votes
Yes to 3 bags 7 votes
Yes to 2 bags 13 votes

Clearly the message I received from this poll was that a strong majority almost two thirds feel that there should be a significant reduction (notice nobody voted for 4 bags) to either 3 or 2 bags from the present five bag limit.

Second I asked:

Crowsnest Pass presently spends $90,000 per year on recycling is that adequate?

The options were:
Yes 10 votes
No we should spend less 4 votes
No we should spend more 6 votes
Get rid of it all together 2 votes

The strong majority on this poll clearly tells me that the voters have no interest in spending more money on recycling.
When you combine the results from the two polls it says in my opinion if we can be smarter with our garbage and increase the amount of recycling we do by throwing less away, residents would be interested as long has it does not increase the cost.

Garbage and Recycling in the Crowsnest Pass

In the last week I have received a number of emails/calls regarding the bag limit on garbage in the Crowsnest Pass, and the issue of recycling. One person felt there should me no bag limit that there was no correlation between bag limits and recycling. Another person felt that recycling was a complete waste of taxpayers money. (Presently it costs the taxpayers $90,000 a year).
Then a couple more people felt that our bag limit was way too high and it should be lower.
Anyway I have posted a poll regarding the bag limit and would love to hear any feedback on this issue.

Further Information

Pincher Creek 2 bag limit
Sparwood 2 bag limit
Elkford uses clear bins and will not take paper, milk jugs or any other recyclables.

Recycling rate in the Elk Valley approx 20%
Recycling rate in the Crowsnest Pass approx 4%

Where do my Tax Dollars go in the Crowsnest Pass?? Recycling

Important issue for every community in this day and age. Recycling Last year the Crowsnest Pass shipped 7000 tonnes of material into our Landfill which is high in itself (1.3 tonnes per citizen, provincial average is aroung 0.8 tonnes per person). During that time frame our recycling centre gathered just over 200 tonnes that means we, the citizens of the Crowsnest Pass recycled 3% of our total garbage. Not a number in my mind to be proud of. Lets look at the cost side of this issue, it costs $41 per tonne in tipping fees at the landfill. We pay a contractor $7500 per month to provide the recycling service that's $90,000 per year, or $450 per tonne. I do not believe for a moment that we should quit recycling, what we need to do is a better job, if we increased our volume of recycled material to 10% of total volume that cost would decrease to $130 per tonne, 20% it would be down to $65 per tonne. What is the answer? how do we get more people to recycle? other communities have banned cardboard, plastic bags, we have a residential bag limit of 5 bags is that to high? Looking for input on this issue.