Not every piece of waste can be recycled, and the Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Monmouth wants to clarify what can, and cannot, be recycled.
Chad Braatz says that most paper material, such as newspaper; corrugated cardboard; hardback, paperback, and telephone books; office paper; and junk mail can be recycled.
Aluminum, including scrap like siding and lawn chairs, can be recycled, along with steel tin cans and light steel like hangers and bicycles.
Braatz says the Monmouth community does an excellent job in recycling waste:
“It runs 35 and 45 thousand pounds a week that get picked up off the curb. Our recycling percentages are in the high 50’s, which is excellent, especially for a two-week program where you see people holding off two and three weeks with the big containers.
A 58 per cent recycling rate is pretty good.”
Other materials that can be recycled are plastics numbers one through seven, excluding number six plastic, or Styrofoam, and most types of glass, excluding windows, auto glass, and dishes.
