I was on part of RAGBRAI this year. I had friends that were on the 
complete route. We both took an interested in seeing how the Cities 
along the route handled recycling of the many containers used by 
people on RAGBRAI.   The only over night town that made any effort 
about recycling was Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Department 
Public Health Solid Waste Management division placed a recycling 
container by every trash can and that was one heck of a lot cans. 
They applied  for a grant to obtain recycling containers. They did 
receive the grant. They also employed young people to police the 
RAGBRAI site and to keep an eye on the recycle containers. All the 
collected recyclable materials were sent to the CB waste management 
site to be sorted and then sold to recycling companies.   None of the 
other cities in Iowa came even close to their effort.
How can the CB waste management people be nominated for a Sierra Club 
award. Thanks

Glenn Pollock
6736 laurel
Omaha, NE 68104
402 571 6230 home
402 203 5789 cell
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