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Sustainability commission: Christmas-light recycling, glass totals and compost grant; county offers ‘oops tag’ recycling audit
Summary
The Webster Groves Sustainability Commission received updates on holiday-light recycling, recent glass-collection totals and a failed USDA composting grant application, and heard a county offer to pilot an “oops tag” curbside recycling audit to reduce contamination.
The Webster Groves Sustainability Commission heard updates on recycling and composting programs and on a county-run curbside contamination audit program known as the “oops tag.”
Staff reported that the holiday-lights recycling drive runs through Jan. 20, with drop-off bins at Southwest Park and the Public Works building, and that the city’s glass collection container was emptied after Christmas and yielded 6.34 tons of glass. "The bridal glass container was just emptied after Christmas, and we recovered 6.34 tons of glass," a staff member said.
On composting, staff said…
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