http://communitymediaworkshop.org/vlog/2008/03/03/chicago-matters-growing-forward/ You are watching “Community, Media, and You” on CAN TV, Channel 21 in Chicago. I’m Thom Clark of the Community Media Workshop at Columbia College, where we train nonprofit groups to use media more effectively and help journalists learn of their stories… Mon, 21 May 2012 19:56:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://communitymediaworkshop.org/vlog/2008/03/03/chicago-matters-growing-forward/#comment-24 Thom Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:37:09 +0000 http://communitymediaworkshop.org/vlog/2008/03/03/chicago-matters-growing-forward/#comment-24 Many years ago, the city had an arrangement with the Uptown Recycling Center, who did source separated pick-up of recyclables at Taste of Chicago. It was an inhuman mess for the collectors [which included the then executive director]and there was not much cooperation between Park District trash haulers and the recyclers. The program was dropped. I don't know what has happened the past couple of years cause I try and avoid Taste at all costs. But I bet there are a lot of blu bags floating around and way too many plastic cups & spoons tossed in landfills. Many years ago, the city had an arrangement with the Uptown Recycling Center, who did source separated pick-up of recyclables at Taste of Chicago. It was an inhuman mess for the collectors [which included the then executive director]and there was not much cooperation between Park District trash haulers and the recyclers. The program was dropped. I don’t know what has happened the past couple of years cause I try and avoid Taste at all costs. But I bet there are a lot of blu bags floating around and way too many plastic cups & spoons tossed in landfills.

]]> http://communitymediaworkshop.org/vlog/2008/03/03/chicago-matters-growing-forward/#comment-23 seana monahan Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:26:45 +0000 http://communitymediaworkshop.org/vlog/2008/03/03/chicago-matters-growing-forward/#comment-23 Would love to see a report that details how green chicago's premier event, Taste of Chicago, is. It would be the fabulous for the city to demand that this event really showcase Mayor Daley's goal of being the greenest city it the world...Do things get recycled? How many plastic cups and bottles do the millions of visitors dump into the trash versus recycling bins...Does the Illinois Restaurant Association provide any guidance, support, criteria to vendors or is it just a free for all? Please investigate, probe and explain this... Would love to see a report that details how green chicago’s premier event, Taste of Chicago, is. It would be the fabulous for the city to demand that this event really showcase Mayor Daley’s goal of being the greenest city it the world…Do things get recycled? How many plastic cups and bottles do the millions of visitors dump into the trash versus recycling bins…Does the Illinois Restaurant Association provide any guidance, support, criteria to vendors or is it just a free for all? Please investigate, probe and explain this…

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