Resource Recycling Magazine: Communities in action

Communities in action

By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling

July 28, 2015

Santa Fe, New Mexico residents can now recycle plastics numbered 3-7, and a Boston-area town is set to build a collection depot for hard-to-recycle items.

Santa Fe, N.M. residents can now recycle plastics numbered 3-7 at the curb, after the city signed a deal to send materials to an out-of-town MRF. That's according to the Santa Fe Reporter, which said the change also allow other materials, including cartons and additional fibers, to be deposited in recycling bins.

The town of Saugus, Mass. will build a collection depot for hard-to-recycle items, according to The Daily Item. The Center for Hard to Recycle Materials, dubbed CHaRM, will accept electronics and difficult-to-recycle plastics, among other items, but it won't accept materials collected at the curb. It will be the first such facility in the state, according to town manager Scott Crabtree.

The Kansas City, Kan.-area town of Prairie Village will see the return of curbside glass collections. Deffenbaugh Industries plans to start a glass recycling pilot project reaching 200 households, according to The Kansas City Star. The move comes amid increased demand for glass from nearby client Ripple Glass.

The St. Petersburg, Fla. public works director will no longer supervise the department, after what The Tampa Bay Times called a "botched" rollout of curbside recycling. Public Works Administrator Mike Connors also will no longer oversee the city's purchasing department, which bought recycling trucks that reportedly can't fit through alleys.

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