Please see information clarifying recent changes in recycling...
Recent social media posts have resulted in a number of calls asking for information concerning the Recycling Center. First and foremost, the facility is not closing and there are no plans to do so. The media release from the City last week simply stated we are not able to collect any plastic products due to the vendor we use no longer accepting them. We have begun the process of looking for other outlets for plastic products. Although we are no longer accepting any type of plastics, we will continue to accept cardboard, chipboard, paper, aluminum and tin as we have. Recycling Center hours remain as follows:
Mondays 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m to NOON
To prevent more products from being removed from the list, all products brought to the Recycling Center must be clean. Our plastic is no longer desirable due to continual contamination. The processors can not sell dirty product to manufacturers, so they simply consider contaminated material trash and throw it away. Now they are sending it back to us to dispose of and not taking new shipments of that product.
Recycling is not a big money maker for our operation but it does save landfill fees and those savings are passed on to our customers by not raising rates every year. Every ton of recycled material saves over $25 in disposal fees or about $2500 per year.
A full list of accepted materials can be found on the City’s website, www.cityofwellington.net, Public Works, Sanitation links under the Government drop down menu on our homepage.
For additional information, please contact the Public Works Department at (620) 326 7831.