We’ve got bags for recycling. As denizens of Ville Marie, we were visited by the “bag distribution” girls who gave us a box of 40 new see-through bags. They explained the new recycling guidelines, the changed pickup day and finally warned us not to put anything with a “deposit value” in the bags. This is to avoid having people tear open the bags. I thought this was rather funny. Do not put recyclable soft drink bottles into the recycling bag. So we’ve decided to put those things “next to” the bag so that whoever wants to cash in that nickel may do so.

There are some pluses. You can put nearly every glass, paper, metal and plastic item into the bag. There is no need to sort or separate. They do ask that you rinse your containers, but that was the same as before. I’m hoping their aim of cleaning up the city works, and I hope this reduces the scattered litter that the old bins used to provoke.