WM trash pickup... doubts about recycling

[lovefourpaws.livejournal.com]

I was driving behind a WM trash truck today on Boston Ave. (it is technically Medford, but I figure that's close enough) and saw the workers tossing the trash, cardboard, paper and plastics into the compactor all at once. I'm pretty sure Somerville's  trash and recycling get picked up separately (at least mine do...) so I was just curious to see if any Medford residents knew about this.

Comments

[noire.livejournal.com]

I took a tour of the WM recycling facility about four years ago. Yes, they REALLY DO recycle. They said at the time that they were getting new equipment that would make automatic sorting at the plant easy and feasible, but they were concerned that people would have the reaction you have.

The tour I took was through Harvard, btw.

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

But the OP said s/he saw TRASH getting put in along with recyclables, not just single-stream recycling.