Red

Larned to Hutchinson

Today was the first time I was laughed at.  As I was leaving Larned this morning, I asked about whether or not the city had a recycling or composting program.  The woman looked at me like I was some sort of alien.  “No, no we don’t,” she chuckled and looked at the girl on her left.  “We’re not very green here, now are we Leslie?”  

The opposite of green is red.

I was going to continue questioning her, but I felt like her response spoke clearly.

EDIT:

Plus, she was misinformed.    

I continued to do some searching, and contacted Joan at City Hall by phone the next day.  Larned does in fact have a recycling center.  It’s open Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, as well as Saturday mornings; however, residents have the option of bringing their recyclables to the collection bins at any time.  They recycle cardboard, newspaper, glass, plastic, tin, and aluminum.

Larned also provides residents with yard clipping collection services.  They collect tree branches the third Thursday of every month, as long as they are less than four feet long and in a bundle.  The branches are taken to the transfer station for the Pawnee County landfill, and then taken to a burn pit.  Larned residents can also obtain a grass collection bin from City Hall, and the waste management program picks up the grass clippings once a week.  The landfill composts them!

Kansas isn’t quite as red as I thought it was!