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Michigan City council hears Recycle Smart presentation from La Porte County Solid Waste District
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La Porte County Solid Waste District environmental educator Sasha Burns briefed the Michigan City Common Council on what materials the district accepts, contamination issues at the sorting facility, upcoming collection dates and local recycling resources.
Sasha G. Burns, an environmental educator with the La Porte County Solid Waste District, told the Michigan City Common Council on Tuesday that correctly sorted recycling is going to the sorting facility and then to an end market where it is turned into new material.
“...our recycling, as long as it's on our accepted recycling list, is going exactly to the recycling sorting facility and then going to an end market where it's turned into something new,” Burns said.
The presentation, introduced by Councilwoman Moldenhauer, emphasized several practical rules for residents: keep lids on plastic bottles,…
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