DodgeCounty hauls approximately 11,000 tons of waste annually to the Houston County Landfill at a cost to our taxpayers of over $600,000.00. In an effort to reduce the amount of recyclable materials sent to the landfill, save our natural resources and valuable landfill space, the Dodge County Commissioners have voted to partner with the Laurens County Solid Waste Management Authority “Single Stream Recycling Program”.
This program will start August 19th , 2013. Initial locations are all of DodgeCounty’s Schools, our transfer station located in Eastman, and the manned dumpster site in Chester. These sites will have a designated recycle dumpster, which will be BLUE instead of the normal green dumpsters which will hold non-recyclable materials.
Acceptable items for the BLUE recycle dumpsters include; Newspaper, Magazines, Office Paper, Catalogues, Junk Mail, Cardboard boxes (please remove packing materials such as Styrofoam, bubble wrap, tape, etc.), Food Boxes (remove food liners), Shoe boxes, Gift boxes, Aluminum cans, Steel or tin cans (rinsed and cleaned), #1 and #2 plastics (rinsed and cleaned) such as soda and water bottles, laundry detergent jugs, and milk jugs.
ABSOLUTELY NO GLASS!!
We are asking the Citizens of Dodge County for your help. This program can not be a success if it is abused. Placing glass or non-recyclable materials in these BLUE dumpsters can result in a whole truckload of recyclable material being refused. So, please only place acceptable items in the BLUE dumpsters. If you do not want to sort your materials, please continue to place your items in the Green dumpsters as you have in the past. There is no change to how the Green dumpsters will be utilized.
We consider this program to be a “work-in-progress” and we value your input. Please feel free to contact us and make suggestions for ways to improve the process. We have been working quite some time to put this program together and hope the citizens of DodgeCounty will support this effort.
Thank you,
Dodge CountyCommissioners
Dodge County Commissioner Terry Niblett shares the program on the video below.