Recycling vs. lazy behavior

When the blue recycling bins were still in town, I was a pretty good recycler--especially of cardboard, newspaper, and plastic bottles. Now that the bins are gone, I've found out just how lazy I can be. Newspapers are piling up in a corner of my living room, plastic is going straight into the garbage, and I'm actually burning cardboard--which I'm not 100 percent sure is even legal to do in the borough, not to mention that it's increasing my carbon footprint.

I know that the blue bins were costing too much financially, but was the point of having them just to break even or make money? Wasn't the idea to help the environment in some little way? We taxpayers subsidize all sorts of other programs that in my view are far less important than recycling.

I guess if I were really that concerned, I'd be hauling my recyclables down to the bins at the Wal-Mart in Meadville. But if the town/county were serious about recycling, they would make it much easier for local residents to do--even if it ends up costing us a little bit of money.