Comments on: Recycling Is Back (With Facility Photo Gallery)

By: Road Scholar

Road Scholar — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:30:37 +0000

@ Richard Harry..

There is no way to tell how many tons of recyclable material has been buried off Beulah Rd. We’ve paid for ECUA to recycle, yet our efforts are moot, all turned into trash. The new “tent” is awaiting the next storm.

I leave my aluminum cans out for someone to pick up. I hope they can use them. Not like my paper which is going into the ground.

By: Suzie B.

Suzie B. — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:06:09 +0000

@Richard Harry – according to the Esc. Co. Sheriff’s Dept., once it’s on the curb, it is public access. This is why kids’ bikes are being taken, etc. Scrappers are assuming they can take bicycles, etc. if they are laying on the curb, even if the kid just went in to eat dinner. We have a pick up truck or two that drives around every Thur. night picking up “scrap metal”, etc. As far as how well you would come out going through someone’s can at night, it may be better to ask them if they would give cans to you once a week instead. I would be concerned if it were me. Hope that is correct info.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 02:39:06 +0000

awesome! hopefully, someday, ECUA will be the utilities provider for the entire county. everything but power, mind you. ——————————————– i laugh, lest i cry

By: Richard Harry

Richard Harry — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 02:30:41 +0000

Is it unlawful to take aluminum cans out of other peoples recycling bins in the middle of the night?

By: Rod Pumas

Rod Pumas — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 01:58:29 +0000

@ Larry Walker: Thanks for the cogent explanation. I’m disappointed that all of the recyclable material was co-mingled with the regular trash instead of being segregated into a separate area of the landfill. Some of that material could have been processed once the recycling center was up and running.

By: ECUA Customer

ECUA Customer — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:02:44 +0000

@ Larry Walker…thanks, I never thought about calling you, but have called and emailed ECUA a few times. I’ll be calling in the morning since it was not picked up again this week, that makes 2 weeks in a row.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 21:05:19 +0000

This is great and all.
But I noticed the article did not mention if there are buyers lined up to take the recycled materials?
What happens when ECUA can not find buyers for the materials?

By: Garrett

Garrett — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:36:46 +0000

According to the expected amounts they plan to process each day and total capacity the plant can process a year, what are they going to do with the other 18,000 tons of material.

By: Larry Walker

Larry Walker — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:34:54 +0000

To Jane:
ECUA went for 6-8 months with no place to deliver recyclables at a feasible expense. During that time, our recyclables were buried in Perdido Landfill. Nine months ago, we approved the obtaining of our own materials facility for sorting, baling, and shipping to national and international recyclables markets. August 22 was the official opening of the recycling center, and it will be in full-swing operation in “a week or two.”

By: Larry Walker

Larry Walker — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:13:53 +0000

To Jim: no styrofoam. It is already an end-of-the-recycling-line product.