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Parks staff: 11 of 26 facilities have recycling; board backs pilot and education
Summary
Staff said only 11 of 26 park facilities currently have recycling receptacles and recommended purchasing and installing cans across the system; the board discussed piloting bottle-and-can-only receptacles, targeted placements, color coding and public education to reduce contamination.
Brad McNabb, parks and recreation foreman, told the board that "only 11 out of our, 26 facilities currently even have 1 recycling pan," and staff said funds are budgeted to purchase additional recycling containers this fiscal year.
Board members and staff discussed contamination, container design and education. Staff recommended piloting targeted receptacles (for example, bottle-and-can return stations) in high-litter locations such as the Booth Trail and near food-service areas, and giving staff discretion to select container types. Members suggested design cues such as color differentiation (for example, blue for recycling) and containers sized for pizza boxes near food vendors. Staff also emphasized outreach and education about acceptable materials (for example, not placing plastic bags inside curbside recycling), and said increasing access to recycling can reduce municipal hauling costs when recyclable material is collected and sold.
