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Resident urges Carroll County to resume plastic recycling, warns of landfill toxins

5969982 · October 8, 2025
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During public comment, Carroll County resident Jimmy Capps urged the board to reconsider sending all plastics to landfill and cited decomposition timelines and pollution concerns; the board took no action during the public-comment period.

Jimmy Capps of 453 Wayside Road spoke during the Oct. 7 public-comment period to urge the Carroll County Board of Commissioners to reconsider placing all plastic in the landfill rather than recycling it.

Capps told commissioners he researched plastic decomposition and…

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