From the City of Starkville Solid Waste and Recycling Committee
August 31, 2009 – The City of Starkville will start a free and voluntary curbside recycling program for its residents. Sign up for the program will start this Saturday at the Starkville Community Market on South Lafayette Street, Downtown Starkville from 8:00am till 11:00am.
“The long awaited program is finally here”, said Alderman Eric Park, “we are very excited to provide this service to our residents.”
The program targets single family dwelling residents who currently use the city’s curbside garbage pickup services. Citizens must sign up at the Starkville Sanitation Department Monday through Friday from 7:00AM till 4:00PM, and Saturdays from 8:00AM till 11:00AM at the Community Market. A photo Id and an electric or water bill are required to sign up.
Residents participating in the program will receive green translucent bags to collect recyclables. These bags will be collected bi-monthly on Wednesdays. Monday and Thursday residential routes will be picked up on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month; and Tuesday and Friday residential routes will be picked up on 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month.
“Our facilities and workers are ready for the job”, Stan Shurdan, of Starkville Recycling, said in Thursdays committee meeting, “we will accept cardboard, office paper, magazines, phone books, aluminum cans, scrap metal, all plastics, electronics and batteries”.
Residents will not need to separate recyclables. “All recyclables will go into one bag.” Sharon Boyd, Sanitation Department manager said “we are going to make it work. We want to see this program succeed.” The Sanitation Department will pick up the recyclables and deliver them to Starkville Recycling where they will be sorted.
“Working with a great group of people produces successful results” Ms. Boyd said. The curbside recycling program has been the product of the City Recycling Committee that was started in 2008. The City, especially the Sanitation Department wants to thank past and current committee members, Nisreen Cain, Sumner Davis, Sherrie Farrell, Charlotte Fuquay, Brad Mauck, P.C. McLaurin, Melanie Mullenax, and Eric Parker, for their time and continued effort in supporting this program.
The first curbside recycling pickup is scheduled to start on October 7th, 2009.
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For more details please contact:
Sharon Boyd, Sanitation Manager, at 662-617-3766
Alderman Eric Parker, Committee Chair, 662-312-0903
Nisreen Cain, Committee Member, at 662-312-8080
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