But, you realize, don't you, that anytime you make a law, or even a rule, you need provide a process for it to be enforced -- or at least monitored. That's where police come in, right?
But who observes when recycling rules are not kept? Who monitors them?
Don't make it a large agency, but perhaps we should at least put a couple hands on it, a set of auditors who travel the state, visiting recycling facilities, to ensure the recycables are, indeed, being recycled. Perhaps everything is getting recycled, but how do you know if you don't even check on it. Nobody's looking. What if a garbage company decided to just bury the recyclables? The auditors could also witness what separation is necessary after the supposedly-already separated recyclables arrive, determine what problems exist in the system, and recommend changes to improve our recycling program.
If recycling is important, it seems we should do this to strengthen it. Utah could be a leader in this.
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