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By DEBBIE WACHTER MORRIS, [email protected] NEW SITE: Wal-Mart has been added to Lawrence County�s drop-off recycling locations. Eight bins were installed June 23 and are available for use. The bins are coming, the bins are coming. Lawrence County�s drop-off recycling program is progressing with two new locations for recycling bins and another is on the horizon. Eight blue metal receptacles were bolted into the ground June 23 in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Union Township, and are ready for use by anyone in the county. The bins are located between the Wal-Mart garden center and McDonald�s Restaurant. Five are designated for newspaper, cardboard and glossy magazines. The other three accept a mixture of clear and colored glass, cans and 1 and 2 plastic bottles. No plastic snap-on-lid-type containers will be accepted. The county commissioners also have approved the Perry Township municipal building as a new recycling site. Four more bins will be placed there after the site is paved by the township, according to county recycling and solid waste director Amy Jo Labi-Carando. The county is negotiating an agreement to have bins placed at the Slippery Rock Township municipal building. Labi-Carando said the supervisors have adopted a resolution for the program but it is being reviewed by the township solicitor. The bins already are in place at the Pulaski and Hickory township municipal buildings. The county received a $1,038,000 grant two years ago from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to start a countywide drop-off recycling program. The program has been slow getting started, and last week, the commissioners applied to extend the grant deadline until October. It originally was scheduled to expire July 31. The DEP must yet sign the extension contract. Meanwhile, the commissioners have asked Labi-Carando for a report on goals for the county�s recycling program for the rest of this year. I�m pleased it�s moving in the right direction,� Commissioner Chairman Dan Vogler said. �I�m hopeful that in the next few months we�ll be able to have bins located throughout the county so that it will be more convenient for people to drop off their recyclables.� He pointed out the recycling bins now are accessible to residents in the northwest corner of the county, and the southwest corner soon with have access. �With Hickory and Wal-Mart, that helps in the central part of the county,� Vogler said, adding, �Now we need to focus on northeastern and southwestern Lawrence County.� Add a comment  |
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