Effective Friday, September 13, 2013, Transwaste and the City of Douglas will close two of the three convenient drop recycling centers. After an effort by the City to educate citizens on the proper use of the recycling centers, contamination has continued thus forcing Transwaste and the City to close the Recycling Centers, which were located at Fire Station #3 (near airport) and Fire Station #1 (Gordon St.). The recycling center that is located at the Public Works department will remain open during normal business hours (8am-5pm Monday-Friday) and will be locked after hours.
“During the initial startup of the recycling program and prior to door to door recycling, blue dumpsters were placed in three locations for the convenience of residents to dispose of their recyclables”, says Terrell Jacobs, City Manager. ““We wanted to continue to provide these recycling centers for our citizens; however, some of those using the recycling dumpsters continued to contaminate by dumping soiled paper, household furniture items, and other non-recyclable items. These items make it hard for Transwaste to effectively use the recyclables.”
Collection of the two dumpsters, will not have an effect on the established door to door recycling program. Transwaste will continue to offer and collect door to door recycling within the City of Douglas according to the recycling pickup schedule. If you would like to sign up for Residential recycling program, please dial 311 or 384-3302. For those who have already signed up for the recycling program and need to verify your pickup week, you can obtain a copy of the calendar by visiting the city website at www.cityofdouglas.com/recycling, or stop by City Hall.
