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What Other Towns Are Doing
The following information is meant to show what source separation recycling
projects are presently being underta~en. This section is a list of the programs
that are now underway in the State of Indiana. We have contacted persons involved
with each of these programs and all appreciate the problems involved with starting
up projects and have st'ated their willingness to help other communities that have
questions concerning such projects.
1. City of Wabash
The City has organized a recycling program that has been in operation for about
six years. The project includes house-to-house collection, transfer stations, and
a central collection center. Materials collected include glass, metal, and paper.
The project allows for volunteer participation by any resident of the surrounding
area, however, house-to-house collection is limited to the City.
The central collection center and the transfer stations are used for those
people that do not want to be included in the house-to-house pickup but want to
recycle their wastes. The collection center is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. and will accept materials during this period, while the transfer stations
area accessible 24 hours ~ day.
The house-to-house collection system required that each participant separate
the recyclable materials into three categories: glass, metal, and paper. The part-icipants
were required to have three specially colored garbage cans, one for each
of the following types of materials: clear glass, colored glass, and metal. Paper
is supposed to be either bundled, boxed, or bagged. At the proper collection date
these materials are supposed to be set at the curb in front of each home and are
picked up by special crews.
This program does not collect all household wastes. All wastes that are not
accepted by the recycling operation are picked up by the regular municiple collection
service.
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Object Description
| Title | Community recycling, source separation |
| Creator | Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council |
| Topic | Public Utilities |
| Subject | Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Indiana |
| Geographical Coverage | Indiana |
| Date of Original | Winter 1978 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council. Community recycling: source separation. (S.l.: Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council, 1978), 30 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from 400 dpi, 1-bit, uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software, black and white configuration. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000122013356 |
| File Name | 30000122013356.pdf |
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| Title | Page 24 |
| Transcript | What Other Towns Are Doing The following information is meant to show what source separation recycling projects are presently being underta~en. This section is a list of the programs that are now underway in the State of Indiana. We have contacted persons involved with each of these programs and all appreciate the problems involved with starting up projects and have st'ated their willingness to help other communities that have questions concerning such projects. 1. City of Wabash The City has organized a recycling program that has been in operation for about six years. The project includes house-to-house collection, transfer stations, and a central collection center. Materials collected include glass, metal, and paper. The project allows for volunteer participation by any resident of the surrounding area, however, house-to-house collection is limited to the City. The central collection center and the transfer stations are used for those people that do not want to be included in the house-to-house pickup but want to recycle their wastes. The collection center is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will accept materials during this period, while the transfer stations area accessible 24 hours ~ day. The house-to-house collection system required that each participant separate the recyclable materials into three categories: glass, metal, and paper. The part-icipants were required to have three specially colored garbage cans, one for each of the following types of materials: clear glass, colored glass, and metal. Paper is supposed to be either bundled, boxed, or bagged. At the proper collection date these materials are supposed to be set at the curb in front of each home and are picked up by special crews. This program does not collect all household wastes. All wastes that are not accepted by the recycling operation are picked up by the regular municiple collection service. -23- |
