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Committee members say "cardboard heaven" in Deerfield points to recycling opportunity; volunteers to contact haulers
Summary
Committee members reported that three Deerfield multifamily complexes produce heavy corrugated cardboard and mixed waste in shared compactors; members agreed to pursue on-site outreach, contact commercial haulers and prepare a flyer for a September household-hazardous-waste event.
Committee members on Aug. 12 described concentrated volumes of corrugated cardboard and mixed trash in several Deerfield-area multifamily complexes and agreed to pursue outreach and hauler inquiries to free up compactor space and increase recycling.
Patty Swan, a committee member who visited Deerfield complexes, described the sites as "corrugated box heaven," saying move-ins and move-outs produce large amounts of cardboard that overload shared compactors. "So this is about 1,100 families we're talking about," Patty said, noting the scale of material involved and the uncertainty about how collected materials are…
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