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HER How-To
The Valley Street drop-off center is open 24/7, unmanned, and available to city and Garland County residents. Items that can be recycled here are sorted office paper, cardboard, newspapers, aluminum cans, telephone books, magazines, plastics No. 1 and No. 2, and glass.
“A big problem with the plastics we’re having is people look on the bot- tom of whatever, it’s got a triangle with a number in it. Everyone has heard of plastics No. 1 and No. 2 are recyclable, which is true. ‘If the neck is smaller than the base.’ For example, a Zaxby’s salad container has a number 1 on the bottom of it. That is a different makeup of plastics than the bottles. So ask people to put those in a separate container we have marked,” said Randy Atkinson, director of the city’s Solid Waste Department.
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