SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017
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container is the new standard, or they
are going to say they don’t want it and
they won’t accept it for recycling,”
Twombly said.
He said that 90 percent of impurities
in the recycling come from food con-
tainers and plastic bags.
“All of our West Coast recycling
has always gone to China, and this is
going to be a big problem,” Twombly
said. “All the recycling efforts that we
have done over the last few months
may end up in the landfill.”
The other EMAC members seemed
to be caught off guard by the news that
affects the entire Pacific Northwest.
The discussion during the meeting
showed clearly that the world is more
interconnected than ever before.
It also shows that decisions made
thousands of miles away, in this case
in China, can directly affect residents
of Florence.
“Beginning tomorrow, we are no
longer going to accept plastic in our
commingled recycling. That has come
to an end,” Twombly said.
At this point, the city landfill site is
still going to accept plastic, “Because
they have someone on hand,”
Twombly said.
City
Planner
Wendy
FarleyCampbell released a statement
Thursday outlining the change in the
materials that will be picked up by the
local waste management companies.
“All plastics and gable topped and
other aeseptic beverage cartons (such
as for milk, juice and soy) will not be
accepted in your curbside recycling
bin. Place the above items in your
trashcan. There is no location in Lane
County to recycle these materials,”
FarleyCampbell said.
People can continue to place clean
corrugated cardboard, newsprint,
paper board — such as shoe boxes,
computer paper, aluminum and steel
cans in their recycle bin.
Other containers, such as glass bot-
tles and jars, oil jugs, antifreeze con-
tainers and lead acid batteries which
are not leaking, can be placed at the
curb separately for pick-up.
FarleyCampbell went on to mention
the fluid nature of the situation, as it
currently exists, suggesting that things
may change as the industry as a whole
reacts to this major change in the
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waste management paradigm that has
existed for the past 20 years.
“There is still much uncertainty in
what will happen and exactly what
China will and will not accept, and
uncertainty regarding the capacity of
other processors in Asia or the U.S. to
handle material,” she said. “We expect
that there could be certain materials
that will no longer be recyclable for at
least a year or two, or possibly much
longer. Collection programs may need
to drop certain materials from their
collection programs. But again, there
is a lot of uncertainty.”
She added that local governments,
recycling collectors and processors
and the Department of Environmental
Quality are working together to pre-
pare for different possibilities and to
develop strategies to maintain recy-
cling collection and processing where
possible.
EMAC also discussed the commit-
tee’s pending recommendation to
Florence City Council regarding the
removal of all polystyrene foam (PSF)
food containers and the formation of a
subcommittee to address the subject of
climate change.
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the annual Local Scholarship Night on
Monday night, Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Open to both juniors and seniors
from Mapleton and Siuslaw High
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opportunity for students and their par-
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