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Wednesday, 20 July 2011 13:07
Recycling containers come to downtown Waynesville
Written by Becky Johnson- Long time street cleaner replaced by work crew
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No more schlepping those empty drink bottles or cans home after a day of browsing in downtown Waynesville.
A dozen recycling containers will soon be scattered around Main Street and its surrounds.
The town made the move purchase and install recycling cans based on requests from merchants as well as residents, according to Alison Lee Melnikova, the assistant town manager.
Melnikova scouted the streets and sidewalks with Downtown Waynesville Association Director Buffy Messer recently to assess where to put the new containers, but the final locations are still being decided.
The recycling containers will look similar to the public trash cans around downtown, with the vertical wood slats, but will be dark green in color and are actually made from recycled plastic, although they look like wood, Melnikova said. The recycling containers will cost the town $5,000.
For special events and festivals, DWA put out portable recycling cans, but the rest of the year, Main Street browsers faced the unfortunate conundrum of what to do with those recyclables — either toting a sticky can around or guiltily tossing it when it seems no one is looking.
Cans should be in place by early August.
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