The Shawnee County Commission on Monday will consider taking a step toward removing the recycling of glass from the county’s current single-stream recycling operations to be carried out separately.
The proposal involved is among items on the agenda when Commissioners Bill Riphahn, Kevin Cook and Aaron Mays meet at 9 a.m. in their chambers in Room B-11 of the County Courthouse, 200 S.E. 7th.
“Glass is a major component of the recycling costs in our current single-stream recycling program,” Sutton told commissioners in a recent memorandum, which is part of that meeting’s agenda packet. “By removing the glass from the current single-stream recycling operations and transitioning to a separate glass recycling program, we will have a slight financial gain as well as recycling our glass in a more environmentally sustainable way.”
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