A recent survey in Tampa, Fla., found that 33% of its residents participate in curbside recycling.
The survey was conducted by Tampa's Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Protection Management during a six-month period to get an accurate baseline for its 42 recycling routes, the Tampa Tribune reported.
The study had city staffers follow collection vehicles and record the number of residences that had recycling bins outside and count how many blue bins per home were placed at the curbs, the newspaper said. About 63% of the households that recycled on data collection days used one 14-ga...
