Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 26, 1991 TAG: 9103260457
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: JOEL TURNER MUNICIPAL WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Most residents had loaded their containers properly, although a few included cardboard, which is not being accepted by the city, said William Clark, public works director.
Clark did not have percentages immediately available on participation in the voluntary program, but he said it appeared that many residents on Monday's collection routes had filled their rollout containers with recyclable materials.
The two-man crew, which is using a $75,000 side-loading truck with compartments for materials, was able to cover all of Monday's routes on time, he said.
The recycling program will include 4,000 households initially in portions of the Fairview, Wilmont Farms, Round Hill, Garden City, Monterey Hill, Colonial Heights, Edgehill, Franklin Road and Raleigh Court neighborhoods.
It will be expanded to 9,000 households by the end of the year and to all 38,000 city residences within three or four years.
The city is collecting aluminium, metal and steel metal cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and newspapers.
The recyclable materials will be collected weekly on the same day as the residents' regular garbage pickup.
The recycling containers have a removable lid with two bins: one for glass jars and a second for cans. Plastic bottles and newspapers can be placed in the lower part of the container.
by CNB