www.city-buffalo.com/recycle, Channel 22, and by calling 311. “We encourage city residents to use their new recycling carts immediately,” said Mayor Brown. “Residents should start to follow their new bi-weekly schedule as soon as they get their carts.” Each of the carts will contain an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag to allow the city to accurately identify tonnage collected. With RFID tags in place, the city can keep track of inventory, and also measure the weight of recyclables to make sure the city is getting the proper reimbursement from the vendor. Under this new initiative, residents can put all recyclable material into the new roll out cart, including paper, plastic and metal. When putting out recyclables, residents should rinse/clean containers, and be sure to place the recycling cart at the curb so the lid arrows face the street. The same laws for garbage carts also apply for these new recycling carts. Currently, the city collects $480,000 for about 8000 tons of recyclables a year. Based on national averages from other cities that have implemented similar programs, the city is expected to collect $960,000, once it doubles its curbside collection of recyclables. The city’s current weekly recycling program costs $1.9 million a year for collection only. With the new initiative, it will cost $1.2 million a year which includes collection and the new carts. The total for the first 4 years of operating this cart program will be $1.85 million annually. After the 4 year lease is complete, the city will claim full ownership and the cost will drop to a total of $1.2 million annually. Reducing cost and increasing collectables has been a proven way of saving taxpayers money. We are looking to make recycling part of everyday life, at work, home and at play.]]>
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Don Brown, a North Carolina Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, argued that President Donald Trump should use the Insurrection Act to fight what he said was "literal civil war on the streets."
During a Monday interview on Real America's Voice, host Jake Novak asked Brown about Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops in Portland.
"I just feel like we're in a civil war here in America," Novak said. "I wish, I mean, I'm not trying to be hysterical here, but I don't know what else to call it. It's becoming kinetic. People are dying, literally. I wonder if you're as alarmed as I am?"
"You've nailed it on the head," Brown agreed. "There is a literal civil war on the streets."
The candidate argued that Trump had a duty to "ensure domestic tranquility."
"The President of the United States has the authority to send in the National Guard to these cities where domestic tranquility and rampant crime have taken over, with or without the request from the local authorities," he said. "You look into the Insurrection Act. And when Americans' constitutional rights and liberties are being threatened, the president can go ahead and send in troops."
"The president has the authority to do it. And these local leaders who are soft on crime and pro-crime and just want to kiss up to antifa and all these communist left-wing groups that are intent on unraveling civil society, they're not relevant," he added. "So I'm going to encourage the president to do what he needs to do."
A lawsuit filed by Oregon and the city of Portland asserted that Trump did not have the authority to deploy National Guard troops in response to "small" protests near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
"There is no insurrection or threat to public safety that necessitates military intervention in Portland or any other city in our state," Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) said in a statement.
