Fairhope, Alabama
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| New recycling machine. |
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| Allie Thatcher |
BALDWIN SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY
Recycling machinery has been installed and finishing touches underway at the county's new $25 million Materials Recovery Facility in Summerdale on CR 49 south of the landfill -- funded mostly with federal grants.
Allie Thatcher has been named as MRF manager; 'Salty the Seagull' is their new mascot to encourage recycling especially in schools.
A "single-stream" (no need to separate) of mixed paper, plastics, cans and cardboard will be accepted.
An impressive new mural by local artist Banks Compton adorns a water tank -- also to promote participation.
Fairhope will be one of the municipalities participating when it opens next year; the city has been taking its recyclables to the Emerald Coast Utility Authority's MRF in Cantonment, Fl. for several years, a costly drive for city trucks.
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| Banks Compton mural. |
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| Summerdale MRF. |
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