We all have a responsibility to this planet. This is the first time in 20 years I have lived in a place without mandatory recycling. Shame on you for not doing your part and shame on the city for not doing this sooner. The amount of cardboard sticking out of dumpsters is a clear indication that, unless required, some people will not recycle until the means to do so is delivered to their front door. Now it has been. Stop whining and take responsibility for your own waste.

Thank you for reporting this issue to us via SeeClickFix St. Pete. We have forwarded the details you have provided to the City's Sanitation department so that they may investigate and take any necessary action. We appreciate your help! Sincerely, Mayor's Action Center

I agree with Avid Recycler. We make purchasing decisions that result in excess waste. We don't need to send that all to the landfill when it can be reused instead of raw materials. If you want to live on this planet and in this city, you need to be a good neighbor. There's no room for selfishness in a crowded city.

Dear Avid Recycler,
I have lived here all my life. The city did have a recycling program about 17 years ago but it was canceled. Why you ask??? The city was caught bringing all the recycling to the incinerator and not actually recycling.

A stupid mistake made 17 years ago is no reason not to be a responsible resident today. I think everyone should be charged for this program whether they participate or not just like we pay for the schools and other services we may not use..

still will be the same/ I do not have the fee because I have no water bill. I still recycle everything always had. do not need the city to mak more of a mess. have you seen some of the blue bins. get real. I aint payin!

The recycle program was optional with neat boxes to place on the curb. It worked until the Givernment (City) got involved. Now we have ugly large blue monsters which cannot be picked up due to narrow streets and parked cars. You can bet they will be left on the curb for days at a time or until the wind, etc slams them into people and cars. 80,000 monuments to bad decisions now litter St Petersburg. I called the City and they said they would pick mine up on July 1. I will still pay the tax increase but not be burdened washing, storing and moving my trash.

We need to elect new Cuty Council Members who can think things out more clearly.

Recycling is not trash. Recycled materials are a resource that prevents having to produce raw materials for manufacturing processes. In order to be effective, we really should be charging people by the pound to deal with their trash. I agree that these bins are unnecessarily big. The idea is good. The implementation may prove bad.

The city got involved because no company wanted to bid on the contract for the optional curbside recycling. Apparently, so my St Pete residents were irresponsible about the environment, that too few signed up. St Petersburg is the last city of its size in FL to implement recycling. Instead of complaining and acting like petulant 3 year olds, work with the city to smooth out the process. I lived in a city where you had a giant recycle bin, a medium size plant-based composting bin, and a tiny garbage bin. Periodically, the city inspectors reviewed your garbage and fined you if you did not separate everything correctly. The city will soon figure out that Old Northeast is too congested to pick up on the street. Recycling is the right thing to do, so be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

Thank you for your past submission via SeeClickFix. The City of St Petersburg periodically reviews past reports that are made from citizens within our city limits, and in an effort to clean-up old issues that were resolved some time ago, we are marking as 'closed' those issues that were submitted in the past for which the work has been completed or the issue has otherwise been resolved.

If you think for any reason that the issue you submitted in the past might still be unresolved, please feel free to submit a new report with the SeeClickFix St. Pete website and we will make sure the issue is directed to the appropriate City department to be addressed as soon as possible.

Thank you, MAC