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Nelson County aims to restart recycling with grant-funded bins and oversight
Summary
Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins said the county received grant funding to buy new recycling bins, plans to use inmate crews and cameras to prevent abuse at drop sites, and will pursue school-based recycling education as the program is reintroduced.
Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins told listeners the county is working to reinstate and expand local recycling options after earlier drop-site reductions.
Hutchins said the county applied for and received grant funding to buy roughly a dozen new recycling bins to place around the county. He said a recycling committee is active and that the county plans to use inmate crews to monitor and maintain bin sites; Hutchins added the county intends to install cameras at some locations to deter misuse.
"We've got a recycling committee that's really been active," Hutchins said, and he described partnerships with community organizations and school-based programs to expand participation. He said officials studied regional recycling centers and technologies that process plastics into usable pellets, and called recycling "pretty high on my agenda."
Hutchins noted past problems at drop sites—co-mingling of trash and vandalism—that reduced effectiveness, and said the new approach pairs equipment, oversight and education to reduce those issues.
The judge-executive urged residents to stay tuned for details on bin locations and times of operation.
