STAFFORD — A new decision by the Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board (R-Board) has the potential to greatly increase the amount of material currently recycled.
The R-Board is a joint venture of the governments of Stafford County and Fredericksburg. It manages the regional landfill and recycling centers at no cost to taxpayers through tipping fees commercial trash hauler pay.
The recycling centers in both Fredericksburg and Stafford, as well at the Regional Landfill in Stafford and the Belman Road Recycling Center in Fredericksburg, have expanded their list of items accepted for recycling.
The mixed container recycling program will now accept empty aerosol cans, shrink wrap, plastic grocery bags placed in one large bag, plastic lawn furniture and buckets. Mixed paper has been defined by “anything that tears.” That definition has now been expanded to include milk cartons, juice cartons and hard-backed books.
According to a press release, “residents do not have to pre-sort recyclables. All items can now be deposited in one bin.”
Additional items that are accepted for recycling include non-metallic wrapping paper, aluminum food and beverage containers, cereal and shoeboxes, junk mail, phone books, magazines, catalogs, plastic toys and empty garbage and recycling bins.
“We predict that increasing the list of items and the fact that they don’t have to be separated will add to the amount of recycled material by up to 30 percent,” said Stafford County Supervisor Paul Milde, chairman of the R-Board.
Virginia requires that each jurisdiction recycle 25 percent of its waste stream. Last year, Milde said, “our facilities recycled 44 percent of its waste stream. That’s a real success story.”
— Megan Sweeney from press release
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