Town of Morrisville issued the following announcement on Dec. 28.
The Town of Morrisville has launched a Recycling Participation and Contamination Reduction Program (RPCR) to increase our residential curbside recycling participation and reduce recycling contamination. The goal is to increase the recycling participation rate to 70 percent.
Recycling Participation
Our current curbside recycling rates have increased over the last two years from 55 percent in 2019 to 64 percent in 2020. According to the Recycling Partnership, the national average reported participation rate was 72 percent in 2019.
The Town was awarded grant funding through the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (NCDEQ) Community Waste Reduction and Recycling program to provide residents a refrigerator magnet with information on proper recycling tips. Please help us get recycling participation to our goal of 70 percent by ensuring we are recycling right, Morrisville!
Contamination Reduction
To help reduce recycling contamination, please keep those plastic retail bags out of your recycle bin as they are a major cause of equipment malfunctions at the sorting facilities. To recycle these bags, bring them to a retail store directly.
For details and how you can help, visit the Town’s campaign or Public Works Recycling home page.
Click Here to Help Morrisville Recycle Right!
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Source: Town of Morrisville
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