"Nuttin' but garbage! Straight up garbage!"
-Flava Flav

The garbage collectors in all of Chicagoland are on strike. The garbage collectors are organized under the Teamster's Union. Okay, I realize this is all based on THE SOPRANOS but explain this...the teamsters and the garbage haulers are on opposite sides???

Nevertheless, our office has informed us that they will only be removing wet garbage from our office.

Okay, I don't mean to turn this blog into "I'm old enough to remember..." but goddamn I remember the environmental movement of the early 90's when grade school kids sent their used, styrofoam containers back to McDonald's and convinced the burger biggie to use more eco friendly materials. Today we have single serving chip containers in hard plastic cylinders so that they will rest in cup holders.

What happened?