All Kinds of Plastics Now Accepted for Recycling
Strongsville residents can leave clean containers at the curb
Good news for recyclers (and the earth): Strongsville residents can now place all kinds of plastics at the curb for recycling. Previously, only plastics 1 and 2 were accepted. But Jennifer Milbrandt, the city's coordinator of natural resources, said Republic Waste is remodeling its Oberlin plant and will now be able to recycle clean plastic containers numbered 1-7. Leave them at the curb with your other recyclables. Plastics 1 and 2 include water and juice bottles, milk jugs, shampoo and detergent containers and salad dressing bottles. According to the Green Business Bureau, higher-numbered plastics include things like yogurt containers, garden hoses, plastic shopping bags, bread bags, shrink wrap, prescription drug containers, ketchup …
tom m
9:08 pm on Saturday, January 26, 2013
recycling programs are not free at best cities can recoup 75% of the costs to recycle on top of the normal refuse fees........ and the cities/homeowners have to purchase the recycle bins/cans since they are not provided for free Now LeeAnn if you would like to start a grant and buy everyone in the city a recycle bin I would be more than happy to throw my recyclables in them more ›