tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post1154946281432643430..comments2024-01-31T12:49:08.701-08:00Comments on STL Rising: Sustainability Planning in STLRick Bonaschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825477678253483191noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14698828.post-523478788539715392012-01-25T12:38:06.385-08:002012-01-25T12:38:06.385-08:00I am skeptical of top down approaches to this sort...I am skeptical of top down approaches to this sort of thing; we've seen how well the St. Louis government manages things. However, the best thing that could be done would be an incentivized system of recycling. The more the city recycles the lower the trash bills go. Someone is making money off of all the recycling we do now that we have the dumpsters so there has to be a way to make it worth people's while; especially for those people who don't do it currently. This should really be done by ward. Then we need the same thing for sewage; the more water we keep out of the storm trains the less our MSD bill.<br /><br />Beyond that, we need PACE, Property Assessed Clean Energy if we are really going to build the sustainability of the city.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I don't see the city as willing or capable of taking either of these issues on. I fear their initiates will be superficial.<br /><br />-Eric Matthew Wilkinson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com