A recent NY Times article points out that as far as major cities go, Houston is behind the pack when it comes to recycling. In fact, it’s the worst recycler among the United States’ 30 largest cities, recycling about 2.6% of its total waste compared to other cities like San Francisco, which recycles about 69%.
The city’s sprawling, no-zoning layout makes collection expensive, and there is little public support for the kind of effort it takes to sort glass, paper and plastics. And there appears to be even less for placing fees on excess trash.
To me, it is so amazing that there isn’t more pressure from the State of Texas to do more to encourage recycling. Clearly they need to start building more of an incentive-based solution to help change mindsets and behavior.
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