SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): A local agency is studying whether it can establish a recycling drop off site in Wood County. A location close to the interstate and U.S. 50 would be ideal to benefit the most residents and existing recycling providers, Sarah Robinson, executive director of the Wood County Solid Waste Authority, said Tuesday. “We would like for it to be centrally located,” she said.
Recycling came into the headlines recently when the city of Parkersburg earlier this year closed a recycling facility near the Memorial Bridge. The city, citing issues with manpower, also ceased municipal residential trash service and opted for private contractors for garbage collection and recycling.
The Solid Waste Authority is in the early planning stage, of which Robinson said the organization is “conceptually exploring.” The authority is evaluating options and nothing has been finalized, she said. A site of about one acre at little cost or free or through a long-term lease would be ideal, Robinson said.
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