Vienna's Special Pickup Program Encourages Pollution

From contributor "Town Green":

The Town of Vienna stopped picking up white goods... stoves, refrigerators, washers, etc. Why? Because they wanted to eliminate the expense of recycling these items. Fair enough... push that recycling expense onto someone else, particularly the vendor making the new white good sale. But what about other electrics... electronics that plug in like computers and televisions that we all replace on a regular basis? Why does the Town pickup these items and throw them into a landfill when there are options to recycle these? Many electronics manufacturers conduct their own recycling programs because they understand the terrible pollution impact their business is having on our natural environment. Why doesn't the Vienna Town Council understand this? The Town's special pickup program should either recycle electronics or stop collecting them and require residents to recycle these items through local recyclers. It's time for the garden club to stop living in the last century! Please recycle your electronics, Vienna.