Have you ever wondered what happens to the recyclables you leave on the curb each week?
Two Rivers City Hall answered that question in a recent newsletter.
They explained that they have a contract with Manitowoc Disposal, which picks up both garbage and recyclables.
On each collection day, that truck first covers the collection route to pick up paper and corrugated waste, which goes to the Manitowoc County Material Recovery Facility.
The same rear-load packer then makes a second round to collect other recyclables including clear and colored glass, plastics, cans, and certain cartons.
Those all go into the truck together and at Manitowoc Disposal they are loaded into large containers that get shipped to a facility in Outagamie County that sorts and processes co-mingled recyclables.
The newsletter states that this process is “much more efficient than sorting all recyclables into separate bins on a collection truck at curbside, helping keep the cost of collection down.”
For more information on City trash collection and recycling, go to Two-Rivers.org.
