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Show Countywide recycling program begins soon By SCOTT SUMMERILL FARMINGTONDavis County residents will join the Jranks of ecology-minded Americans throughout the nation within two weeks when the Davis County Solid Waste Management and Energy Recovery Special Service District (SWMERS) places the first of its recycling bins in various communities. com-munities. SWMERS Director LeGrand Bitter told board members Wednesday Wednes-day that sites for the fust six bins are being evaluated and should be finalized soon. Bids from recycling companies are still being examined as well. "We want to place the bins in communities where they will get the most support at first," he said. "We're still looking at companies to pick up the material. We'll take the. company that can offer us the J best deal." i 1 Bitter said the first bins will be for paper, glass and aluminum. Future plans should expand the number of bins to about 20 within two months, and oil and antifreeze recycling points could be set up too. "There are special considerations considera-tions for recycling those kinds of things," he said. "We'd have to have a secure site and make sure we could mee EPA standards." The recycling project has been in the works for about six months, and the project's success depends on community cooperation. Residents will have to sort their recyclable materials and take them to the deposit de-posit sites. However, Bitter said the long-range long-range plan includes curbside pickup of recyclables. If successful, the curbside pickup is projected to cost about $2.50 per household for those wishing to participate. "The cost is still projected," Bitter said. "But, it would eliminate the need for any subsidies by the cities." 1 |