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Reminder: the WWRA’s monthly board meeting will take place tonight at 7:00 pm at the Dexter Township Hall chambers. The public is welcome to attend and comment. View board members, agendas, past meeting minutes, and future meetings by clicking here.

Recyclables go through many steps in the journey from bin to store. Once recyclables enter a WWRA drop off or curbside bin, materials are separated from contaminates and by type. They are compacted into bales and sold to recycling facilities, who specialize in specific recycled materials. Let’s look at where the WWRA’s recyclables go: Otsego…

From inside the WWRA: This is what happens when thin plastic tanglers are incorrectly recycled in our bins.   Tanglers are nonrecyclable items, including hoses, plastic bags, rope, string, chains, and Christmas lights, that become tangled in our recycling machines. When they are sent through the sorting line, they wrap around our cardboard and plastic…