Community partnerships bolster Fayette recycling program
The Fayette County Recycling Convenience Center recently turned in 22,740 pounds of film plastic to the national NexTrex Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Program, shattering its own record set in 2022.
Last year, the center introduced the NexTrex program through a partnership with the Uniontown Lions Club. NexTrex typically works with nonprofits and other groups to collect an average of 500 pounds of materials per six months. However, Fayette County collected eight giant bales of plastic weighing 10,340 pounds in less than six months last year.
With the latest film plastics delivery more than doubling the previous record, the Lions Club is now set to regularly receive benches for the foreseeable future. Those benches are in the process of being placed throughout the county, beautifying public spaces and serving as thanks to the community for its support.
Carlisle Construction Materials of Smithfield recently received a bench for their efforts. Fayette County Recycling Coordinator & Stormwater Manager Sheila Shea said Carlisle recently started contributing at least 1,000 pounds of recyclables to her program weekly.
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Martin, Distribution Manager Mark Succop, and many of Carlisle无毛视频檚 warehouse employees recently met with Shea; Christa Sabatula, Lion无毛视频檚 Club second vice president; Robert Rafail, Lion无毛视频檚 Club past district governor; Dan Sabatula, Lion无毛视频檚 Club member; and the county commissioners to accept the bench and discuss future partnership plans.
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Christa Sabatula, who also serves as the librarian for three Uniontown Area School District elementary schools, said the Lions Club无毛视频檚 goal is to continue encouraging businesses to increase their recycling efforts.
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Shea said she无毛视频檚 grateful that so many community organizations and businesses are 无毛视频渟tepping up无毛视频� and enhancing the county无毛视频檚 recycling efforts.
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The NexTrex Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Program is only offered through the Fayette County Recycling Convenience Center, 105 Romeo Lane in Uniontown. Do not place plastic bags or other film plastics in the green community recycling bins.