Recycling changes starting for Lane County residents
Sanipac is asking Lane County residents to make some changes with what they recycle.
For the last year, residents have been able to commingle their recycling, including plastic grocery bags and cardboard. Now Sanipac officials are asking people not to put plastic grocery bags inside the curbside carts, because the bags get mixed with paper, making it difficult to separate.
"They have an automated system that separates it and the problem is the plastic bags get flattened and look like paper and up with paper, and 80 percent of them end up as trash and the whole part of recycling is to have it recycled," says Mark Wall, Sanipac's General Manager.
Mark Wall says the best way to get rid of plastic grocery bags is to recycle them at local grocery stores or put them in your trash can. He also says you only have to flatten cardboard, not aluminum or plastic.
For the last year, residents have been able to commingle their recycling, including plastic grocery bags and cardboard. Now Sanipac officials are asking people not to put plastic grocery bags inside the curbside carts, because the bags get mixed with paper, making it difficult to separate.
"They have an automated system that separates it and the problem is the plastic bags get flattened and look like paper and up with paper, and 80 percent of them end up as trash and the whole part of recycling is to have it recycled," says Mark Wall, Sanipac's General Manager.
Mark Wall says the best way to get rid of plastic grocery bags is to recycle them at local grocery stores or put them in your trash can. He also says you only have to flatten cardboard, not aluminum or plastic.
