Kent County leaders are exploring new ways of recycling that could mean creating nearly hassle-free opportunities for residents to recycle household waste. The result could be double the materials currently recycled, and a new facility to handle the load.
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You know those 96-gallon trash bins folks fill with garbage each week and haul to the curb?
What if instead those were packed with recyclables you didn't have to sort and you only needed a 30-gallon tub for trash?
A team of Kent County public works leaders were in North Carolina on Friday touring the kinds of state-of-the-art recycling facilities they hope to soon build here. Next week, they head to Minnesota for more of the same.
If they succeed in getting approval by year's end for the estimated $5 million to $10 million project, the new building would make the process hassle-free for homeowners and double the nearly 14,000 tons of materials the county recycles each year.
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