Cedar Park Neighbors Recycling - change in rules

[Herons]

A slight change in the type of plastic containers recyclable at the Firehouse Farmers Market site has been requested by the recycler (Blue Mountain) - the exact request language is quoted below, but basically it boils down to:           -    bottles only, no wide-top containers (e.g., yoghurt, cream cheese, Starbucks plastic coffee cups), even if #1 or #2         -    no automotive product bottles (we've been back and forth on this one)         -    no buckets or plant pots, even if #1 or #2         -    no take-out food containers   The take-out food containers are the flimsy, squarish, clear-plastic containers, many of which are #5 anyway and historically have been pulled out of the recyclables and trashed anyway. Same with many of the yoghurt-type containers. It's a shame about the other items, especially the buckets - however, we'll have to co-operate.  The total weight of plastic will probably only go down slightly, as the vast bulk of what is brought still fits the spec.  Please start excluding the items as mentioned above. As of April 1, we'll no longer accept them at all, til then, I'll simply cull them out as much as possible.   Also: no bottle caps, please.   Here's the actual request:   "Bring only plastic containers marked with a 1 or a 2 on bottom with a narrow top and wider bottom that contained water, milk, juice, soda, laundry detergent, or bath products. Rinse out; no caps." "Do not bring take-out food containers, plant pots, or buckets (wide at top) or plastics that contained automotive products, even if they are marked as a 1 or 2."                                                                                                           Al Airone                                                                                                         729-5170