Expanded recycling starts in Arlington
‘recycling (pizza box only)’
courtesy of ‘m hoek’
The amount of things and materials that are going to be accepted for recycling in Arlington is going to dramatically increase tomorrow. New, larger wheeled bins will be delivered to all homes over the next eight weeks, but expanded acceptance starts with tomorrow’s pickups – customers should simply keep using their existing bins.
They might have trouble fitting everything in, however. Plastics will expand to include numbers 1 through 7, and cardboard boxes no longer need to be broken down. Added to the list are foil (trays and used sheets), milk cartons, rigid plastics (flower pots, etc), empty aerosol cans and plastic bags.
It’s a big jump and excellent news.
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3 Responses to “Expanded recycling starts in Arlington”
March 31st, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Oh, they’re going to take books, too. Which is good, because I’ve got kind of a pile of them that aren’t in resellable condition that I’m about to throw away.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Yeah! I’m excited for the covered bins. Finally, my recycling won’t be turned into cardboard mush each time it rains.
April 1st, 2009 at 8:17 am
I’m so excited to hear this! I always feel so terrible throwing away plastics that aren’t 1’s and 2’s and other things that could be recycled, but just aren’t collected.