A recent audit found more than a quarter of the materials put into the blue Dallas recycling bins is contaminated.
The contaminants not only pose a danger to expensive equipment, but they can also cause safety risks to employees.To try to clean up the city's recycling, the city of Dallas is going to start conducting audits of people's blue bins."No one wants a new landfill in their backyard," said Bruce Magnuson, general manager of FCC Environmental."It would all go to the landfill. We can make useful something you would throw away," Magnuson said.
Every day, FCC Environmental Services processes about 40 tons of recyclable materials in just one hour. The contaminants can also damage equipment, or worse. Magnuson said a lot of the contaminated material is probably put there by well-intentioned people. "That wraps around the equipment and makes it stop," Magnuson explained.A staggering amount of consumers are recycling wrong, and it comes at a cost of cash, and even safety.
To clean up Dallas’ recycling, Danielle McClelland, manager of the city's Zero Waste Division, said notices will go to areas flagged as sources of the contamination. The city will be "taking a peek" in those recycling bins.When mistakes are found, the city will work to educate the resident. "Clean, empty, and dry. We don’t want half container of peanut butter, but don’t have to waste a lot of water and clean it to make it pristine either," McClelland said."To get the container returned, we mail information about a training class, now virtual," McClelland explained."Some cities issue citations and fines. Our focus is on education," she added."These aluminum cans behind us are pristine," she said.
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