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Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Santa Fe adds plastics

Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Santa Fe adds plastics

Santa Fe adds plastics

By Editorial Staff, Plastics Recycling Update

July 29, 2015

As part of a new partnership with Friedman Recycling, New Mexico's Santa Fe County has added plastics numbered 3-7 to its curbside and drop-off recycling services.

The addition, agreed to earlier this month, will allow residents of the county, which includes the city of Santa Fe, to place a wide array of plastic packaging into their recycling bins. It's also expected to save the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Authority, which oversees and operates waste and recycling services for the county, roughly $200,000 annually through a revenue sharing clause in the deal, according to the Authority's announcement.

In addition to long-time program recyclables PET and HDPE, residents will now be able to include a wide array of plastics products and packaging in bins, including:

  • All plastic containers including water bottles, milk jugs, laundry soap containers, clamshells, yogurt containers and other plastic packaging materials
  • All milk / juice cartons and drink packaging

As with most curbside recycling collection programs, residents are not permitted to place plastic bags or expanded polystyrene in their bins. While the county continues to eye a move to single-stream recycling collection, residents will still be required to separate glass recyclables from paper and plastic.

As part of the agreement, all recyclables will be sent to Friedman's Albuquerque facility for sorting and processing. Previously, a limited list of recyclables had been sent to the Management Authority-operated Buckman Recycling Center, but the city and county had faced pressure to expand its list of recyclable items to increase its recycling rate from its current standing of about 11 percent.

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Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Santa Fe adds plastics
Santa Fe adds plastics By Editorial Staff, Plastics Recycling Update July 29, 2015 As part of a new partnership with Friedman Recycling, New Mexico's Santa Fe County has added plastics numbered 3-7 to its curbside and drop-off recycling services. The addition, agreed to earlier this month, will allow residents of the county, which includes the city of Santa Fe, to place a wide array of plastic packaging into their recycling bins. It's also expected to save the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Authority, which oversees and operates waste and recycling services for the county, roughly $200,000 annually through a revenue sharing clause in the deal, according to the Authority's announcement. In addition to long-time program recyclables PET and HDPE, residents will now be able to include a wide array of plastics products and packaging in bins, including: All plastic containers including water bottles, milk jugs, laundry soap containers, clamshells, yogurt containers and other plastic packaging materials All milk / juice cartons and drink packaging As with most curbside recycling collection programs, residents are not permitted to place plastic bags or expanded polystyrene in their bins. While the county continues to eye a move to single-stream recycling collection, residents will still…

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