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On this episode of The Grant Street Experience, Grant Ervin and Rebecca Kiernan talk to city employees Aftyn Giles, Teresa Bradley, & Omoye Aikhuele.
B
A
C
D
Good
morning
grant
and
rebecca
and
afton,
and
everyone
on
here,
yeah,
I'm
theresa
bradley,
the
recycling
supervisor
for
the
bureau
of
environmental
services
and
we're
housed
under
the
department
of
public
works.
And
what
is
my
role?
Well,
it's
to
we.
We
tend
to
kind
of
focus
on
things,
and
our
focus
right
now
heavily
is
on
outreach
and
education
and
really
looking
at
a
recycling
stream
as
we're
getting
a
lot
of
contamination.
D
E
Hi
yeah,
my
name
is
amaya
aquali,
I'm
recycling
specialist
in
the
bureau
of
environmental
services,
and
I
just
kind
of
handle
lots
of
different
special
projects.
You
know
we
had
our
tree
collection
this
past
year,
so
we
had
to
get
that
together
or
actually
a
couple
months
ago.
So
now
we're
moving
into
the
mulch
part.
E
So
we're
looking
at
the
data
and
we're
looking
at
where
we
can
the
dates
and
times
where
we
can
have
those
things
picked
up
so
like
it's
just
special
projects
all
over
the
place,
not
just
recycling
but
a
lot
of
other
refuse
related
things
as
well.
So
yeah
happy
to
be
here.
Thank
you
for
having
us
awesome.
A
This
is
great
theresa.
Maybe
to
start
with
you
can
you
you
give
us
a
a
day
in
the
life
of
recycling.
You
know
so
like.
If
we
were
to
you
guys,
get
to
see
what's
kind
of
a
symphony
of
logistics.
That
happens
most
residents.
Basically
just
you
know
they
take
the
recycling
out
to
the
curb
a
team
comes
and
picks
it
picks.
It
up,
puts
it
in
a
truck
and
takes
it
away,
but
there's
a
whole
lot
of
work
that
goes
on
behind
the
scenes.
D
Yeah
absolutely
and
like
amie
was
mentioning.
We
manage
a
lot
of
projects
and
so
civil
like
a
day
in
the
office.
It's
almost
like
a
game
of
ping
pong.
Honestly,
it's
like
boom
boom
boom
boom.
We
also
managed
the
311
the
mayor
service
center,
the
q
alert
system.
So
if
we
do
have
any
misrecycling,
we
dispatch
that
out.
That
is
a
big
part
of
what
we
do
in
environmental
services.
D
We
are
looking
at
new
ways
right
now
to
have
more
and
more
of
those
calls
go
through
that
system,
so
we
can
start
tracking
it
so
tracking's
another
part
of
it,
but
I'll
be
honest
like
if
I
were
to
leave
the
office
to
go
to
my
drop-off
center.
It
would
any
drop-off
center
would
probably
find
some
illegal
dumping.
D
Unfortunately,
so
then
I'd
have
to
solve
that
or
ame
would
have
to
solve
that
or
someone
from
our
office.
So
yeah
there's
just
constant
things
happening,
and
so
our
program
supervisor
he
manages
more.
If
there's
things
that
are
happening
in
the
office
with
say,
if
there's
an
injury
and
unfortunately,
and
especially
this
time
of
year,
we've
had
like
record
snow
right.
I
think
in
over
a
decade
that
there's
a
lot
of
that
happening,
and
so
sometimes
it's
literally
it's
a
lot
of
day
of
stuff,
so
figuring
out.
D
You
know
calling
the
supervisors
from
the
divisions
and
making
sure
that
those
those
streets
are
salted
so
that
our
trucks
can
get
down.
So
it's
it's
constant.
Another
big
thing
that
we
manage
twice
a
week
is
our:
is
our
e-waste
and
household
hazardous
waste
collection
events
that
happen
at
environmental
services,
so
those
are
happening
as
well
on
wednesdays
and
sundays.
So
we
manage
that.
So
there's
we're
never
bored,
there's
there's
constant
things
happening.
So
that's.
A
E
Use
so
they
would
take
those
materials
and
put
them
in
the
scrap,
bins
and
the
plastic
materials.
We
have
the
rigid
plastic
and
we
also
have
the
films
which
are
basically
kind
of
a
grocery
bag,
and
so
we
collected
those
materials-
and
we
worked
with
you-
know
local
places
that
had
compactors
to
take
the
films
and
then
we
worked
with
gateway
up
in
robinson
to
take
the
rigid
plastic.
So
you
know
just
all
about
those
local
partnerships
to
help.
E
You
know,
keep
the
materials
from
the
landfill,
and
hopefully
you
know
ensuring
that
they
have
a
second
use.
But
you
know
we
bringing
back
the
the
christmas
tree.
Recycling
was
big.
We
kind
of
kicked
that
back
off.
As
you
know,
environmental
services
thing
about
two:
this
is
our
third
year.
You
know
really
getting
involved
in
the
way
that
we
have
been
so
you
know
we
would
love
to
have
the
trees
collected
at
the
curb,
but
we
do
not
have
the
infrastructure
and
the
capabilities
to
do
so.
E
So
you
know
again
utilizing
our
divisions.
They,
you
could
usually
take
your
leaf
waste
there.
You
can
take
shrubs.
You
know
clippings
to
the
divisions,
and
you
can
also
take
a
tree
there,
so
we
we
did
utilize
the
vision
divisions
again
this
year
we
usually
would
usually
have
more
locations
throughout
the
city
to
serve
more
of
our.
E
Yeah,
it
was
a
lot
of
trees
and
that
is
kind
of
on
par
around
the
same
amount
we
would
collect.
If
we
had.
You
know
the
individual
locations
peppered
throughout
the
city,
so
you
know
we,
you
know,
people
still
have
that
you
know
drive
to
take
their
trees
to
a
more
centralized
location,
and
that
is
without
accounting.
You
know
because
we're
doing
tonnages
at
the
division.
So
it's
without
those
numbers.
So
we
really
kind
of
blew
it
out
of
the
park
this
year.
A
Literally
yeah,
we
didn't
get
it
out
of
the
park
this
year,
yeah
on
both
those
cases
like
the
yard,
signs
and
and
the
in
the
tree
collection.
So
obviously
getting
them
is
a
big
deal.
What
happens
on
the
back
end
like
what?
What
are
some
of
the
the
reuse
or
recycle
kind
of
content
that
comes
out
of
those
collections?
Yeah.
E
This
is,
I
mean,
may
or
may
not
be
wrong,
but
trex,
which
is
they
they
take
the
films
and
they
compact
them
and
turn
them
into
a
decking,
and
actually
my
partner's
parents
just
got
a
new
deck
and
they
use
trex,
and
you
know
looking
into
that,
it
was
a
you
know:
a
recycled,
a
recycled
product
from
plastic
bags.
So
you
know
it's
kind
of
in
a
way
you
can
think
of
it
as
circular
economy.
It
might,
you
know,
might
go
to
one
place.
E
It
might
go
further
out
to
trex
or
whatever
company
that
reuses
it,
but
it's
sometimes
it
might
not
be
the
same
bag.
But
you
know
something
similar
comes
back
into
the
city,
so
you
know
in
lieu
of
getting
a
virgin
plastic
material
for
your
deck.
You
can
utilize
something
that
has
a
little
bit
more
of
a
history.
A
C
So
the
clean
pittsburgh
commission
is
a
group
of
a
lot
of
awesome
people
that
come
together.
Most
of
them
are
from
a
lot
of
the
different
non-profits
throughout
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
You
have
like
the
pennsylvania
resource
center.
You
have
people
from
some
of
the
actual
the
trash
collection
companies.
C
You
have
it's
just
a
really
nice
hodgepodge
of
the
people
who
deal
with
waste
and
who
like
to
talk
trash
all
the
time,
all
together
and
they're,
coordinated
by
the
city
of
pittsburgh
as
a
commission
we're
written
into
code,
and
we
have
a
budget
and
everything
else.
So
we
do
have
some
city
support
and
we're
able
to
use
our
resources
and
pull
those
resources
together,
along
with
a
lot
of
community
support
from
volunteers,
that
work
advert
that
work
advocately
in
the
different
various
communities.
C
C
But
one
of
the
main
projects
that
we
do
every
year
would
be
would
be
some
of
the
dump
legal
dump
cleanups,
so
we're
able
to
to
work
with
a
lot
of
the
different
communities
that
have
some
of
the
dump
sites
that
tend
to
collect
on
a
sometimes
a
monthly
basis.
Unfortunately,
and
we're
able
to
coordinate
cleanups
for
those,
we
usually
have
a
neighborhood
of
focus.
C
There
we've
been
able
to
add
some
cameras
to
some
of
those
illegal
dump
sites,
to
try
to
help
stop
repeat
offenders
and
to
try
to
prosecute
some
of
the
some
of
the
offenders
as
well,
which
is
sort
of
really
cutting
edge
for
us
as
a
city.
That
enforcement
is
always
sort
of
a
challenge
for
us
and
we
also
do
some
fun
stuff
too.
C
We
were
able
to
work
with
love
your
blog
this
past
year
we
were
able
to
to
give
out
a
good
bit
of
funding
so
that
people
can
not
only
clean
up
their
communities,
but
actually
do
some
projects
in
their
communities
working
in
community
gardens
and
things
like
that.
To
help
to
do
some
beautification
we've
also
done
some
housing
projects
where
we
were
able
to
go
to
some
of
the
homes
that
have
been
sort
of
cleaned
up,
but
are
abandoned
and
actually
put
up.
C
Some
really
nice
painted
painted
art
to
make
them
look
a
little
bit
more
appealing
for
people
who
want
to
buy
them
as
well.
So
we
do
a
lot
of
little
little
different
things
and
we
encourage
community
participation.
So
you
know,
if
anybody's
interested,
we
definitely
encourage
you
to
go
online.
Look
us
up
and
to
please
join.
A
B
So,
let's
see
so
circular
economy
instead
of
the
the
traditional
extraction
use
and
then
throw
away
model
which
is
like
linear,
circular
economy
is
more.
I
guess
there's
always
that
extraction
at
some
point,
but
then
the
use
and
then
the
reuse
and
the
recycling
and
then
the
put
back
into
another
material
or
project,
but
basically
it's
continuing
to
use
those
materials
over
and
over
again,
so
that
we're
you
know
eventually
getting
rid
of
that
extraction
portion
of
it
and
the
waste
portion
of
it.
B
B
I
know
it's
tough,
but
if
we
are
going
to
get
to
that,
then
we
need
to
start
thinking
about
all
the
different
streams
that
we
could
get
out
of
the
landfill.
The
different
waste
stream.
So,
like
omo
was
saying
you
know
the
different
films
that
come
off
of
plastics
and
christmas
trees
and
those
are
all
things
that
would
otherwise
go
to
landfill
right,
so
yeah.
How
do
we?
B
How
do
we
find
those
materials,
extract,
those
materials
and
then
clean
out
those
materials
so
that
they're
not
contaminated
with
other
things
and
then
also
finds
like
a
reuse
or
some
kind
of
innovative
use
for
them,
which
is
where
we're
partnering
with
the
university
of
pittsburgh
construction
junction
you
mentioned,
does
a
really
good
job
of
that,
so
they
already
they
already
have
that
model
where
they're
taking
back
that
construction
and
demolition
waste.
So
how
do
we
take
organizations
like
construction
junction
and
then
get
them
to
scale
so
yeah?
B
So
we've
been
having
some
conversations
about
like
what
type
of
a
site
might
we
need?
Would
we
need
you
know,
office
space?
Do
we
need
new
bins,
you
know.
Would
people
come
and
separate
out
their
own
materials,
or
is
there
some
kind
of
way
that
we
could
systematically
do
it
a
little
bit
better
as
a
city.
A
That's
awesome,
you
know
the
the
thing
that's
interesting
too,
about
those
conversations.
Is
that
there's
there's
so
many
local
actors
in
that
space
in
that
ecosystem.
So
you
know
you
have
organizations
like
construction
junction,
or
we
were
talking
with
lisa
scales
from
the
food
bank
and
412
food
rescue
and
the
new
companies,
starting
up
like
doors,
unhinged
and
then
long-standing
kind
of
pittsburgh
names
like
alcoa
and
covestro.
A
A
We
understand
what
happens
in
our
kitchens
and
at
the
curb
side,
but
there's
a
whole
kind
of
global
network
of
materials
that
are
kind
of
flowing
around
the
world,
and
I
guess
it
was
probably
about
two
years
ago
now
that
china
basically
kind
of
put
up
a
wall
in
terms
of
accepting
you
know,
materials
from
the
united
states.
How
has
that?
Maybe
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
situation?
But
how
has
that
impacted
us
or
how
do
those
global
markets
impact
us
here
in
pittsburgh?.
D
Yeah
wow,
there
was
a
thought
when
we
go.
If
we
talk
about
the
another
project
I
do
want
to
talk
about,
I
would
like
to
if
I
could
just
piggyback
real
quick
on
what
rebecca's
saying
about
the
circular
economy
as
a
city
municipality
and
what
we're
doing
not
just
environmental
services,
but
as
a
city
and
afton's
part
of
this,
as
well
as
we're
looking
at,
for
example,
with
our
bins.
D
D
We
just
need
to
be
really
looking
at
that
as
a
city
that,
if,
because
we
want
to
keep
driving,
we
want
to
keep
continuing
our
recycling
markets,
and
so
this
is
a
segue
into
kind
of
what
you're
talking
about
grant
is
yeah
a
couple
years
ago,
it
was
probably
actually
probably
three
years
ago,
wasn't
looking
good
and
it's
still
it's
it
hasn't
fully
rebound
the
recycling
markets
haven't
fully
rebound,
and
it's
really
when
you
look
at
the
markets,
it's
it's
really.
It
is
some
of
the
the
paper,
but
it's
it's
really
the
plastics.
D
D
D
I
mean
you
hear
these
stories
where
there's
like
different
ports
of
entry
and
they're,
just
stockpiling
these,
and
this
was
happening
for
for
months
and
so
there's
a
big
scramble,
but
the
big
problem
is
when
we
look
at
our
system
and
most
systems
are
set
up
like
this
there's
a
few
in
the
united
states
that
are
not
single
stream,
they're
called
dual
stream
and
we
actually
practice
dual
streams
at
our
drop-off
centers.
If
you
go
there,
you'll
see.
Okay,
this
is
for
cardboard.
D
You
know
this
is
glass,
we're
doing
a
lot
of
source
separation,
because
the
end
of
the
day
like
we
were
mentioning
these
are.
These
are
suppose
these
are
marketable
commodities
right.
If
we're
going
to
talk
about
circular
economy,
if
we're
going
to
talk
about,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting.
You
know
that
we're
closing
the
loop
and-
and
you
look
at
like
a
lot
of
the
surrounding
communities,
stopping
taking
the
glass
and
we
still
take
glass
curbside.
D
I
understand
you
know
it's
not
the
best.
In
terms
of
you
know
what
happens.
It's
like
unscrambling,
an
egg.
We
do
single
stream
system
right,
and
so
it
gets
compacted
in
the
truck.
But
one
of
our
biggest
challenges
is
there.
There
are
it's
the
glass
and
and
the
the
plastics
and
things,
but
it's
the
plastic
bags.
A
D
Is
that
is
a
big
thing
and
for
30
plus
years
that's
been
the
system
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
So
that's
what
we're
really
looking
at
is
removing
that
first
and
then
we
did
a
couple
years
ago.
We
we
stopped
and
we
were
taking
very
basic
recyclables
and
I
know
it's
really
difficult
for
folks.
They
really
want
that
yogurt
container
to
go
in,
but
we
also
have
to
look
at
what
our
murph
and
what
the
markets
are.
You
know
taking
so
that
yogurt
container.
D
Yes,
you
know
I
like
to
say
that
not
everything
most
things
are
recyclable,
but
not
everything
curbside,
and
so,
if
you're
looking
at
the
markets,
yes,
they
are
taking
those
they're
still
bailing
the
three
through
seven
plastics,
but
there's
really
not
a
market
and
to
be
frank,
there
really
wasn't
a
market.
It
was
a
lot
of
stuff
and
it
still
is
in
some
municipalities
on
the
west
coast
shipped
overseas
and
the
number
one
and
number
two
neck
bottles.
D
Those
are
the
real
good,
marketable
commodities
that
can
be
down
cycle
to
make
into
made
into
other
products
like
carpets
and
the
textiles
and
whatnot.
They
were
cherry.
Picking
a
lot
of
that
the
good
stuff
and
then
the
other
stuff,
unfortunately,
is
being
landfilled
or
made
it
into
the
waterways
oceans
or
was
was
incinerated,
so
it
is
tough
to
talk
about.
I
think
you
know
like
you're
mentioning
folks.
They
set
it
on
the
curb
and
it's
going
to
be
magically
made
into
something
else.
D
But
a
lot
of
people
don't
understand
that
the
downstream
part
of
recycling
is
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
pittsburgh.
We're
going
to
be
launching,
along
with
the
pa
resources
council,
a
series
of
webinars
all
the
way
like
starting
in
march,
even
with
municipal
employees
too,
right
we're
going
to
be
hitting
all
different
groups
residents
to.
Let
them
know
that
this
is
what
we
take.
These
are
the
set
out
times
I
mean
very
basic.
Just
so
folks
can
understand,
but
yeah
it's
it's
a
lot.
D
It
hasn't
been
as
bad
as
it
once
was,
but
also
in
terms
of
agronomics.
So
our
folks,
like
bending
over
picking
up
like
25
to
30
of
those
is,
is
tough,
stuff
right,
and
so,
if
you
have
a
bin
or
something
like
a
cart
under
35
gallons,
that
can
easily
just
be
dumped
not
easily
but
dump
quickly
and
move
on
instead
of
standing
there.
Also,
they
cause
a
lot
of
litter.
D
So
there's
something
at
the
front
of
the
line
at
the
murph.
It's
called
a
star
screen,
okay
and
that's
where
it
the
material
kind
of
like
jumbles
it.
But
the
the
bags
get
entwined
in
that,
and
I
actually
just
had
a
conversation
with
the
murph
operator
and
up
to
10
hours
a
week
they
have
to
spend.
They
have
to
shut
the
line
down
and
cut
the
bags
out.
So
we're
not
helping
right
we're,
not
part
of
the
solution.
D
So
that's
why
the
past
couple
years
really
shifted
in
our
outreach
and
messaging's
like
get
a
bin.
You
know
just
move
away,
put
your
material
loose
and
here's
what
you
can
put
in
there
and
it
has
changed
the
past
couple
years.
It's
gotten
better
on
some
of
our
routes,
but
so
those
are
and
then
it
degrades
the
material.
So
a
lot
of
the
times
when
the
paper
can't
be
a
str,
it
can't
easily
be
removed
from
those
bags,
that's
been
so
compacted.
So
what
happens?
It's
landfill.
D
Yeah,
I
I
can
go
ahead
and
start
briefly,
and
I
know
ami
she's
been
working
hard
on
this
too
and,
like
you
mentioned,
afton
rebecca,
so
it'd
be
great
for
them
to
chime
in,
but
the
bin
project
we're
very
fortunate.
So,
a
couple
years
ago
we
received
some
grant
money
from
the
dep
department,
environmental
protection
and
we
were
looking
at
it.
It
would
roughly
get
us
about
13,
000
bins
and
we're
like
okay.
Well,
that's
starting
somewhere,
so
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
D
We,
you
know
it's
it's
really
up
to
the
residents,
so
it's
all
built
in
the
city
taxes
and
I
actually
looked
at
some
math
and
it's
like
roughly
like
eight
dollars
and
fifty
cents
per
household
per
month
for
us
to
collect
trash
and
recycling.
So
then
we
put
the
onerous.
You
know
if
we're
gonna
say
hey,
you
know
we're
moving
away
from
bags.
D
We
did
kind
of
we
call
it
like
a
pilot
area,
we
like
to
say
pilots,
but
we
started
in
east
liberty,
garfield
and
highland
park
and
the
reason
why
we
started
there
is
we're
redoing,
a
lot
of
our
routes
at
environmental
service
to
balance
our
routes,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
trucks
where
some
are
picking
up
more
and
less
and
whatnot.
So
we
started
there
and
it
was
roughly
5
500
homes
and
actually
talked
to
our
compliance
for
him.
D
Yesterday
he
went
back
because
it
was
a
rece
or
monday
was
recycling.
This
past
week
he
said
the
litter
is
down
in
those
areas.
A
lot
of
people
are
complying
they're,
not
putting
the
bags
in
so
we're
seen
as
a
success.
So
we
did
audit
at
our
murf
to
see
if
to
basically
get
the
percentage
of
the
bags
and
the
residuals
before
we
rolled
out.
So
we're
getting
ready
to
do
a
post,
and
it
would
be
good
to
share
that
information
with
you
guys.
But.
D
Like
okay,
we
have
a
little
bit
here,
a
little
bit
of
money.
It
didn't
sit,
it
didn't
sit
very
well
with
me,
so
we
brought
in
a
national
partner
called
the
recycling
partnership
and
they
really
are
into
making
sure
that
municipalities
are
set
up
for
success
and
raising
funds
to
make
sure
that
we
can.
D
They
can,
you
know,
bring
in
the
money,
so
we
created
a
budget,
it's
roughly
going
to
cost
2.3
million
dollars
to
hit
every
home,
and
then
council
voted
last
year
on
matching
that
and
brought
in
some
money
in
2020
actually
for
the
capital
budget.
So
we're
moving
forward
right
now
with
hitting
this
year,
60
000
homes,
so
we're
going
to
be
over
half
so
we're
actually
ahead
of
schedule,
we're
actually
actually
under
budget
and
then
I'll
leave
it
there.
I
could
keep
talking,
but
it's
a
big
project.
It.
A
C
So
theresa
sort
of
jumped
to
the
end
and
fun
part
of
the
project,
but
I
will
say
that
you
know
recycling
is
something
that
we've
known
has
been
an
issue
in
pittsburgh
for
a
number
of
years.
I've
been
with
the
city
for
about
nine
years,
going
on
10
very
soon
and
when
I
first
came
in
one
of
the
things
that
we
that
we
talked
about
was
recycling
and
trying
to
get
bins,
rolled
out
and
bins
done.
C
So
one
of
the
first
things
that
we
actually
did
almost
like
eight
nine
years
ago
was
we
did
a
pilot
with.
In
the
north
side,
we
were
looking
at
some
of
the
various
routes.
We
actually
picked
the
hardest
route
in
the
entire
city
to
try
to
use
as
a
test
case,
to
see
if
we're
going
to
be
able
to
to
deploy,
bins
and
and
to
deploy
some
some
new
trash
systems
as
well.
C
So
we've
done
a
lot
of
trial
and
error
testing
over
the
over
the
course
of
the
last
nine
years
to
sort
of
get
where
we
are
now,
including
having
discussions
about
budgets.
Having
discussions
about
like
how
much
recycled
content
can
be
put
into
a
bin,
if
we
can
do
you
know
what
we
can
do,
if
we
can
do
it,
what
types
of
trucks
we
can
have
will
the
trucks
fit
down
the
streets,
because
we
have
a
very
old
historic
city
with
very
narrow
streets
that
were
built
for
horses,
not
for
cars?
C
So
you
know
a
lot
of
work
went
into
this,
including
legislation,
sort
of
back
and
forth.
You
know,
should
we
have
this
wording
in
here?
Do
we
have
to
take
out
that
wording?
I
mean
it
gets
down
to
the
nitty-gritty
when
you're
talking
about
a
a
changing,
a
service
that
has
been
ingrained
for
so
long
and
then
getting
people
to
have
a
change
in
dynamic
and
a
change
in
mindset.
C
So
we
coined
the
phrase
bag
free
by
2023,
trying
to
make
it
sort
of
catchy
and
pithy
and
something
that
people
can
start
to
remember
and
then
you
have
to
drill
down
into
the
education
part
and
build
the
education
campaign
like
teresa
was
talking
about
so
that
people
really
understand
what
that
means
and
how
it's
going
to
impact
them
and
how
it's
going
to
impact,
not
only
the
residences,
but
also
you
have
businesses.
You
have
non-profits
that
are
also
wondering
like.
When
are
we
going
to
get
a
bin?
C
C
C
Take
the
time
to
make
sure
that
you
deploy
it,
you
know
as
perfectly
as
possible
and
you
try
to
get
it
right,
because
it's
hard
to
go
back
and
backtrack
after
you
deploy
something
so
just
wanted
to
add
that
into
it.
But
it's
been
a
long
time
coming
and
we're
so
excited
that
we're
finally
sort
of
at
the
finish
line
to
where
we're
seeing
the
bins
be
delivered
on
the
curbs.
E
Yeah,
no,
I
I
just
wanted
to
touch
on
a
one
thing
that
you
know
we
are
going
to
be
putting
more
emphasis
on
as
we
move
forward
with
our
recycling
system.
So
you
know,
as
we
have
these
bins-
and
you
know
it's
all
great
and
hunky-dory,
but
we've
all
we're
also
dealing
with
an
influx
of
cardboard.
So
you
know
we
were
already
seeing
this
problem.
E
As
you
know,
I
don't
want
to
name
any
names,
but
the
big
companies
everyone's
ordering
from
them
and
we're
getting
a
lot
of
those
packages
delivered
in
our
city,
and
this
was
ramped
up
with
a
pandemic.
No
one's
going
anywhere,
everyone
everyone's
getting
things
ordered
from
from
online
to
their
home.
So
we
are
seeing.
You
know
massive
amounts
increases
of
cardboard
and
you
know
cardboard
is
probably
I
mean
we
have
aluminum.
E
You
know
we
have
valuable,
very
valuable
stuff
here
and
it
just
sucks
to
see
you
know
when
we
it's
a
it's
a
refuse
only
week
and
you're,
sending
your
cardboard
out
valuable
material
and
there's
a
plethora
of
reasons
why
we
would
love
to
see
it
collected.
One
thing
that
you
would
like
to
touch
on
is
you
know
we
have
if
we're
taking
that
to
the
landfill
it's
much
further.
We
have
to
go
outside
the
city
in
order
to
have
it
dumped
into
a
landfill.
E
But
if
you
save
it
on
yours
to
your
recycling
week,
we
only
have
to
go
to
hazelwood
and
it's
much
closer,
and
you
know
we
don't
have
to
bulk
up
our
trash
trucks
with
cardboard
and
so,
and
it's
just
triple
like
many
reasons
why
we
would
love
to
see
these
things
on
only
on
recycling
week.
So
part
of
our
as
we
as
we
move
forward
with
the
bends.
We're
letting
people
know
you
know
cardboard.
E
If
it's
off,
we
keep
it
off
the
streets,
you
know
try
to
save
it.
You
know
you
can
also
look
at,
I
mean
purchasing
decisions.
You
know
we're
all
trying
to
purchase
well
and
save
money,
and
you
know,
but
also
like
an
analysis
of,
do
you
really
need
that
so
and
also
utilizing
our
drop-offs.
We
have
drop-offs
cardboard.
We
have
a
lot
of
construction.
Junction
has
a
lot
of
cardboard
plate
dumpsters
and
we're
ready
to
receive
the
material
in
the
right
way.
E
A
If
there's
a
couple
messages,
each
of
you
have
kind
of
touched
on
this
indirectly,
but
the
the
role
and
importance
of
education,
so,
like
consumer
choices
like
do,
I
need
this
package
or
do
I
need
this
this
this
consumable
good?
What
are
a
couple
messages
that
each
of
you
would
share
with
residents
in
terms
of
of
the
decisions
that
we're
making
at
home?
You
know
what
what
what's
kind
of
an
educational
message
that
we
can
share
with
residents.
D
Echoing
what
ami
is
mentioning
is
like
asking
yourself:
do
you
really
need
that?
One
of
the
reasons
why
we're
moving
towards
bins?
We
have
the
road
map
to
zero
waste
right
and
that's
that's
a
small,
very
small
portion
of
that,
and-
and
you
know,
a
lot
of
people
talk
zero
waste
and
there's
a
lot
of
folks
that
are
out
there
and
you
know
they're
they're.
They
they're
basically
producing
nothing
and
that's
amazing,
but
that's
that's
not
for
everyone,
and
I
don't
want
to
get
into
a
big
discussion
with
that.
D
So
if
you
know
you're
going
to
go
to
the
grocery
store,
you
are
going
to
buy
online,
really
look
at
okay.
Well,
you
know
the
city
of
pittsburgh
does
accept.
You
know:
plastic
bottles,
jugs
and
jars.
We
do
still
accept
glass
and
things
like
that.
So
looking
and
planning
ahead
that
a
lot
of
stuff
comes
in
plastic
packaging.
D
C
C
So
when
you're
thinking
about
you
know
what
you
have
in
your
household
and
what
you're
going
to
be
using
looking
at
the
opportunities
and
and
looking
past
the
trash
I'll
say
so
that
you
can
start
to
see
these
things
as
resources,
I
mean
a
box,
isn't
just
a
box.
What
else
could
that
box
be,
and
how
else
could
that
box
help
me?
Some
people
use
boxes
to
to
help
to
tamper
down
weeds
and
things
like
that
in
their
garden,
because
they
break
down
they're
compostable.
You
can
use
some
of
the
boxes.
C
You
know
for
some
fun
extra
fun
things
for
your
kids
to
do
while
they're
bored
for
science
projects
for
presentations
looking
past
the
what
is
of
a
material
and
seeing
what
you
can
actually
use
it
for
so
that
you're
not
spending
extra
money
to
buy
some
other
things.
You
know
so
that
you're
not
spending
extra
money
to
buy
presentation
board,
which
is
just
corrugated
cardboard.
C
So
you
know
that's
one
way
that
you
can
sort
of
look
at
what
you're,
using
as
a
resource
and
to
help
you
and
actually
helps
your
budget
at
the
end
of
the
day
as
well.
You
can
also
look
at
sort
of
economizing.
You
know.
Do
you
really
need
to
buy?
You
know
the
big
package
of
20
individual
water
bottles.
If
you
know
that
you're
going
to
be
drinking
the
water,
can
you
just
buy
the
gallon
jugs?
C
Instead,
if
you
must
buy
water
at
all,
or
could
you
even
switch
to
maybe
like
a
brita
filter
or
something
like
that?
You
know,
look
like
how
can
you
economize?
You
know
what
it
is
that
you're
using
so
that
you're
you're
making
the
best
of
purchase,
because
I
mean
a
gallon
of
water.
Even
the
fanciest
of
of
waters
is
usually
maybe
two
dollars
at
the
most
versus
paying
like
almost
ten
dollars
for
a
case
of
fancy
water.
C
So
just
looking
at
different
materials
solutions
for
that
and
just
thinking
and
being
realistic
about
how
your
household
uses
different
things,
some
of
the
other
things
that
you
could
do.
I
know
amazon
for
ex
example
has
a
feature
where
that
you,
where
you
can
do
like
a
delivery
where
you
can,
if
you
deliver
it,
you
know
next
day
it's
going
to
come
in
like
five
boxes.
If
you
have
it
delivered
wednesday
or
thursday,
because
it's
your
like
amazon
day,
I
believe
it
comes
in
maybe
one
or
two
boxes
things
like
that.
C
I
mean
some
of
the
other
opportunities.
Are
you
know,
opportunities
for
jobs
that
that
can
come
out
of
things?
You
know
we
didn't
do
a
ton
of
composting
in
pittsburgh,
but
people
realized
that
we
needed
the
composting
in
pittsburgh.
So
then
you
have
a
number
of
businesses
that
sort
of
popped
up
that
are
testing
some
different
things.
So
are
there
opportunities
for
businesses
that
can
come
out
of
you
know,
maybe
going
around
and
collecting
the
trees
to
drop
them
off
and
working
with
the
city
to
be
able
to
drop
them
off.
B
I
just
remember
being
really
shocked
when
I
look
when
I
learned
about
the
the
actual
amount
of
recycled,
what
we
think
is
recyclables
that
ends
up
at
the
murph
that
ends
up
getting
landfilled.
I
think
and
like
correct
me,
if
I'm
wrong,
but
I
think
it
was
somewhere
around
25
to
30
percent
of
what
we
send
to
the
murph
actually
then
ends
up
at
the
landfill.
Is
that
right,
theresa.
B
B
So
there's
a
lot
of
people.
You
know
who
are
just
putting
like
anything
that
they
can,
because
they
think
it's
plastic
and
they
think
it's
recyclable,
but
that
actually
ends
up
going
through
more
trucking,
because
then
it
has
to
go
to
the
murf,
it
contaminates
the
rest
of
the
load
and
then
it
needs
to
be
then
trucked
to
the
landfill
anyway.
E
You
know
I
was
actually
gonna
pick
you
back
on
what
rebecca
was
talking
about.
Like
I,
you
know
we
get
a
lot
of
calls
with
people
who
are
confused.
You
know,
because
things
have
changed
in
the
last
couple
years
since
I've
been
here
and
you
know,
they're
really
worried
about
you
know,
say
they
really
love
this
yogurt
or
maybe
yogurt's.
Just
the
you
know,
that's
their
thing
right
and
they're
like
I
can't
recycle
this.
What
am
I
gonna?
E
E
How
can
I
change
my
consumption
and
if
I
can't
change
my
consumption,
you
got
to
be
okay
with
it
and
but
you
know,
that's
that's,
taking
a
real
hard,
honest
look
at
your
consumption
and
just
something
I've
been
doing
for
a
long
time.
So
it's
easy
for
me,
but
you
know
it
might
be
a
little
hard
for
other
people.
A
But
it
is
an
important
kind
of
note
right
because
you
know
if
yogurt's
been
a
hot
topic
on
the
conversation
today,
but,
like
you
know,
understanding,
consumer,
behavior
and
and
making
that
selection
is
really
like
a
do.
You
need
it
b
if
you
do
need
it
driving
that
change
within
the
producer
is
really
important.
One
of
the
things
I've
been
interested
in
about
is
in
the
european
union.
A
They've
started
to
introduce
the
extended
producer
responsibility,
laws
which
is
basically
starting
to
connect
the
manufacturer
to
the
product
that
they,
you
know.
How
does
it
fit
into
that
that
circular
system
right,
because
the
onus
is
on
the
producer
like
do
you
need
to
put
that
yogurt
in
a
plastic
cup
that
cannot
be
recycled?
Can
it
be
put
in
glass
or
something
that
can
be
recycled?
A
So
a
lot
of
that
is
really
comes
from
like
the
design
and
manufacturing
side.
You
know
so,
just
to
kind
of
finish
up.
I
want
to
give
everybody
a
magic
wand
and
theresa.
You
mentioned
the
the
road
map
to
zero
waste
which
rebecca
you
played
a
very
key
role
in
helping
us
to
develop
that
what
are
some
things
that
that
we
need
to
either
develop
or
start
to
put
into
place
as
we
go
forward
on
in
in
terms
of
improving
this
system.
B
I
think
two
of
the
big
ones-
and
we
talked
about
the
circular
economy
campus
so
like
having
the
space
and
having
the
ability
to
help
people
separate
out
some
of
those
other
valuable
materials
that
might
be
headed
for
landfill,
that
we
don't
already
separate
out
of
the
stream,
and
then
you
know
working
with
universities
or
companies
or
whatever
to
find
value
in
those
products
and
and
remake
them
to
something
else.
Is
one
and
then
the
other
is
eventually
at
some
point.
B
B
But
basically
it's
pay
as
you
throw
so
you
know
getting
getting
to
a
point
where
you
know
recycling
might
be
free,
but
you
know
eventually,
we
should
start
paying,
you
know,
buy
the
bag
or
you
know
for
whatever
it
is
that
we're
producing
that's
being
sent
to
the
landfill,
so
that
that's
the
other
thing,
but
I
mean
at
the
state
level.
I
think
one
of
the
biggest
problems
that
we
have
is
is
that
we
just
have
the
lowest
landfill
tonnage
rate
or
one
of
the
lowest.
B
B
A
C
Let's
see
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
deployed
was
the
green
events
guide,
which
is
awesome
so
once
we
start
having
events
again,
post
covid
it'd
be
really
good
to
start
to
deploy
those
and
to
test
that
out.
You
know,
we've
always
supported
green
events.
Anyways
our
art,
our
art,
our
annual
art,
show,
has
always
been
a
great
event.
C
A
lot
of
our
marathons
have
been
green
events
for
years
now,
so
we
know
that
if
we
can
do
it,
we
can
certainly
encourage-
and
those
are
some
of
the
largest
events
that
the
city
hosts.
We
know
that
other
people
can
do
it
as
well.
I
think
it's
it's
a
horrible
thing
to
allow
other
people
to
come
into
our
city
as
event
promoters
and
trash
our
city,
so
that's
definitely
something
that
I'm
looking
forward
to
being
deployed
going
forward
in
the
future.
C
So
that's
one
thing,
and
I'm
also
looking
forward
to
for
people
finding
other
ways
to
use
the
waste
basically
or
to
not
use
it
to
really
decide
you
know.
Do
I
even
really
need
this
in
the
first
place
you
know
the
best
trash
is
the
trash
that
you
don't
make,
so
I
think
that
those
are
probably
my
my
favorite
most
hope
for
hoped
for
things
to
happen.
As
far
as
zero
waste
goes
moving
forward,.
E
Well,
my
magic
wand,
I
had
it
and
then
it's
gone,
but
I
I'm
I
really
like
compost
and
I
like
composting,
and
you
know
we,
you
know
we
do
at
the
minimum.
You
know
we
have
like
the
twice
a
year
yard,
debris,
collection
and
one
of
my
things
I
would
love
to
see.
Is
you
know
food
waste
not
going
to
the
landfill?
You
know,
first
of
all,
if
it's
still
good,
you
know,
should
you
be
buying
it?
E
If
you're
wasting
food
and
also
you
know
like,
can
the
food
go
to
someone
else
and
also
can
it
not
go
in
a
landfill?
So
you
know,
I
think
you
know
we
have
a
massive
problem
with
food
waste
in
the
country
and
you
know,
if
you
you
know,
organics
should
not
be
going
to
the
landfill.
So
my
my
big
magic
wand,
I've
been
to
toronto
and
I
love
their
system,
and
I
know
toronto
is
in
canada
and
they
have,
you
know,
they're
just
kind
of
a
different.
E
You
know
different
stuff
going
on
over
there
and
it's
awesome
that
they
have
the
three
pail
system.
You
know
you
have
a
trash.
You
have
a
recycling
and
you
have
compost,
and
you
know
my
big
dream
for
the
city
is
having
compost
collection.
You
know
you
know.
Pittsburgh
deserves
that.
We
deserve.
You
know
to
have
the
cleanest
city
and
composting
seems
like
the
best
way
to
clean
up
our
landfill
and
also
bring
more
health
back
into
our
soils.
That's.
D
Yeah
speaking
of
composting
and
chipping
away
at
zero
waste,
puns
it
like
almost
mentioned
in-house
the
dream
in-house
composting,
so
we
are
working
with
the
engineering
firm
right
now
to
get
some
conceptual
models.
I
know,
grant
you've
talked
about
anaerobic
digestion
like,
let's
think
bigger
here
eco
resource
recovery
park,
you
know,
transfer
station
rebecca
was
mentioning
that
those
are
some
dreams
right
and
just
the
composting
in
general.
D
You
know
we
spend
roughly
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
for
4
200
4
200
tons,
which
is
actually
very
low
for
a
mid-sized
city,
and
my
dream
would
be
I'm
also
with
amie
food
scrap
composting,
but
doing
stuff
in-house
and
having
satellite
locations
where
we
can
start
processing
our
own
waste.
We
have
the
ability
here
in
pittsburgh
to
control
our
waste
more
right
because
we're
already
controlling
it.
So
let's
do
it
and
the
other
thing
is
bulk.
I
like
to
look
at
that
mattresses.