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Now Accepting #1 - #7 Plastic Containers
Yes, even butter tubs and lids and kitty litter buckets and lids!! Download additional information about #3-#7 plastics, with examples.
We are recycling ALL #1 -#7 plastic containers - lids included - as of Monday, September 12, 2011. The only exclusions are plastic bags and styrofoam - items must be plastic containers. Paper wrap does not need to be removed.
Montgomery County Schools Start Recycling Programs.
Beginning in September, several schools began collecting mixed paper, cardboard, and commingled containers for recycling and they will compost the food waste from the school lunches. Christiansburg Middle School (CMS) kicked off their 2011 Recycling Program on September 12. Auburn High School began on September 19 with the same setup as CMS. EastMont Elementary has not set a start date. The Montgomery County Public School System, MRSWA, Poplar Manor Enterprises and Waste Management and have partnered to make this happen.
SWANA Recognizes Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority
Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority's (MRSWA) Landfill Gas to Energy Project was awarded the 2011 Silver Landfill Gas Utilization Excellence Award at the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) 2011 Annual Conference in Nashville, TN. Proving once again that a closed landfill with a small amount of landfill gas available can provide a big service to the community, this landfill gas to electric project was developed with cost-savings, local resources, and green education in mind. MRSWA, along with Curtis Engine & Equipment, Inc., Green kW Energy, Inc., Joyce Engineering, Inc., overcame barriers, created jobs, and applied innovative technology, creating a new source of renewable energy to benefit the local community.
Each year, SWANA recognizes the latest accomplishments in the solid waste industry and landfill gas utilization is just one of the many areas that great strides have been made. MRSWA has reduced emissions of methane gas and created renewable energy. SWANA acknowledges it's members for excellence in innovation and creativity, success in promoting project development, and achieving environmental and economic benefits.
The 50-acre landfill will generate an estimated 160,000 to 333,000 kilowatt-hours of green electricity per month, some of which will power MRSWA's administrative offices and recycling processing facility in the future. Excess power will be sold to Appalachian Power Company. Part of the revenue from the sale of the energy will go to MRSWA, generating between $10,000 and $15,000 for green education programs. Further revenue may be derived from the sale of carbon credits and renewable energy credits.