Highland County Recycling asks residents to recycle responsibly
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According to Outreach Specialist Sandra White, Highland County Recycling is trying to make household recycling as convenient as possible for local residents. However, the cost of the voluntary recycling containers is over $1,000 per year for each container. Highland County has 26 green recycling containers placed around the county. The expense of collecting, transporting, and sorting these recyclables is absorbed by the Ross-Pickaway-Highland-Fayette Solid Waste Management District. Residents can help keep this cost down by depositing only the proper materials.
White said that the proper recyclables at all locations in the Solid Waste District are very specific and include only these five items: glass bottles and jars; plastic bottles, jars and jugs; steel food cans; aluminum cans; and clean paper and cardboard.
"Just take a look at the shape," White said. "Bottles, jars, cans, and clean paper and cardboard are the only acceptable materials for the program. Anything else will have to be placed with other garbage to go to the landfill or to a commercial recycler."
People wishing to recycle are asked to rinse out all bottles, jars, and cans; throw away the caps from bottles and jars, as they cannot be recycled; and collapse all cardboard boxes. "Clean" paper refers to newspapers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, office paper, and junk mail.
White said that according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, one of two standards must be met: either 25 percent of the tonnage that goes to the landfill must be recycled, or 90 percent of the residents of the county must have recycling available to them within a reasonable distance of their residence. While the county, through the Solid Waste Management District, has not been able to meet the first standard, White hopes this standard will be met soon.
Recycling boxes are available at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Brad's Garden Center in Hillsboro; at Pamida in Greenfield; at the Rocky Fork Truck Stop in Rainsboro; behind the fire station in Leesburg; at Terry's Grocery in Lynchburg; in front of the Old Feed Mill in Mowrystown; and at the Shell station in New Market. The Solid Waste District is currently looking for a location in Sinking Spring.
As the Outreach Specialist for Highland County Recycling, White is available to address community groups, clubs, and church groups on the topic of recycling. She is also available to answer questions about the recycling program or to provide information on where you can take other materials to be recycled. White can be reached at her office at (937) 393-4080.[[In-content Ad]]
White said that the proper recyclables at all locations in the Solid Waste District are very specific and include only these five items: glass bottles and jars; plastic bottles, jars and jugs; steel food cans; aluminum cans; and clean paper and cardboard.
"Just take a look at the shape," White said. "Bottles, jars, cans, and clean paper and cardboard are the only acceptable materials for the program. Anything else will have to be placed with other garbage to go to the landfill or to a commercial recycler."
People wishing to recycle are asked to rinse out all bottles, jars, and cans; throw away the caps from bottles and jars, as they cannot be recycled; and collapse all cardboard boxes. "Clean" paper refers to newspapers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, office paper, and junk mail.
White said that according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, one of two standards must be met: either 25 percent of the tonnage that goes to the landfill must be recycled, or 90 percent of the residents of the county must have recycling available to them within a reasonable distance of their residence. While the county, through the Solid Waste Management District, has not been able to meet the first standard, White hopes this standard will be met soon.
Recycling boxes are available at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Brad's Garden Center in Hillsboro; at Pamida in Greenfield; at the Rocky Fork Truck Stop in Rainsboro; behind the fire station in Leesburg; at Terry's Grocery in Lynchburg; in front of the Old Feed Mill in Mowrystown; and at the Shell station in New Market. The Solid Waste District is currently looking for a location in Sinking Spring.
As the Outreach Specialist for Highland County Recycling, White is available to address community groups, clubs, and church groups on the topic of recycling. She is also available to answer questions about the recycling program or to provide information on where you can take other materials to be recycled. White can be reached at her office at (937) 393-4080.[[In-content Ad]]