County recycling program starts accepting No. 5 plastics after new baler installed
Recycling supervisor Jeff Kabolzak reported the county's refurbished No. 5 plastic baler is operational, enabling acceptance of yogurt and butter containers (No. 5); initial bale size is about 500 pounds and the current buyer price is roughly 3 cents per pound.
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Jeff Kabolzak, Winneshiek County recycling supervisor, told the board the county has installed and started using a refurbished No. 5 plastics baler and is now accepting No. 5 containers such as yogurt, cottage cheese and butter tubs. “Our new baler refurbished number 5 baler, we just got rolling with that, last week,” Kabolzak said, and staff intend to publicize the change so residents know which containers to keep.
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