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North Port solid-waste staff highlight recycling contamination; city proclaims Waste and Recycling Workers Week

5503567 · June 5, 2025
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Solid Waste planner-scheduler Mario Venditti described plastic bags and bagged recyclables as the most common contamination found in blue containers; the commission proclaimed National Waste and Recycling Workers Week for June 16–24.

Mario Venditti, a planner-scheduler in the City of North Port Solid Waste division, told the City Commission on June 5 that plastic bags are the most common contaminant found in curbside blue recycling containers.

“The most common thing I find, Frank, is plastic bags,” Venditti said. “So plastic bags are not recyclable. I find them just tossed in the…

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