The following comment was posted (on LiberIL View see link bottom right) in reference to my letter regarding the housing of Cook County inmates in the Taj Mahal of jails.

I like this guys' background look at the diary connected to his ad on the left. He works for a recycling company that has a zero tolerance policy for landfills. I hope he reads the diary on the Georgia landfill. If that's doable and he get elected to County Board, and others like him on County Boards across the country, maybe we can make some progress on environmental issues.by: Hattori Hanzo Chiba @ Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 13:06:18 PM CDT

Just wanted to thank he or she for the kind words and let everyone know I not only work for a company with a zero-landfill policy, but I oppose the uneccesary expansion of landfills. The simple fact is 60% of what is put in a landfill can "easily"be recyled. That's right I said 60%. If each of us would do our part the landfill debate wouldn't be necessary nearly as often. This is from Kane County's website in reference to there County-led recycling program:

How Much Are We Recycling?In 2003, Kane County residents and businesses combined to recycle 267,000 tons of material – 1,187 pounds for every person in the County. This amount equals 42% of the 636,000 tons of garbage we generated last year. Our efforts have helped eliminate the need for 8 new landfills in Illinois over the past 15 years, saving more than 1,400 acres of land from becoming permanent dumping grounds for our garbage.

Recycling can make a difference. We can save ourselves a great deal of aggrevation by simply decreasing the need for landfills. We can't depend on government or big corporations to make responsible decisions for us involving the environment we first have to be responsible enough as individuals to make the right decisions. With that said I can guarantee once elected I will fight to make our County Board environmentally responsible.