photos by Cindy Steele
In the report to the community published in 2022, gross collection intake had increased 7.4 % from the previous year to 763.41 tons. A business pick-up program in and around Nashville includes: the IGA, Brown County Inn, Speedway, Dunham Plumbing, Hard Truth Distilling Co., BP Gas Station, McDonald’ s restaurant, and the Law Enforcement Center. The IGA was the largest single recycler in 2022, supplying approximately 25 % of the total annual intake. Individual bins are designated for the following: CARDBOARD should be clean and dry when it is placed in the designated bins. It will be recycled into new cardboard, partition board, and paper grocery bags primarily at the Eaton Paper Mills.
GLASS BOTTLES & CONTAINERS from food, beverages, and vitamin supplements. Items must be rinsed clean before depositing in the bins. It will be recycled into fiberglass, commercial carpeting, and other glass products in Edon, North Carolina with Mohawk Industries.
PLASTICS accepted for recycling have the universal recycling symbol with the numbers: # 1, # 2, # 4, # 5 and # 6. In this category are clear or transparent colored bottles, clamshell containers, containers that are used for milk, soap, laundry detergent, yogurt, and cottage cheese, egg cartons. Remove lids and crush to save space. Plastics are recycled into plastic pellets for general manufacturing, carpet padding, and new plastics products, with a path to Mohawk Industries and Nypro Kanaack in Alabama.
PAPER clean and dry, and includes office paper, newspapers, magazines, and catalogues. It is parlayed into other paper products such as office paper, toilet paper, paper towels, and facial tissue by Kimberly Clark, Owensboro, Kentucky.
SCRAP METAL copper, brass, steel, iron, and aluminum items must fit in the appropriate bins. Clean aluminum foil can be recycled.
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