Today we visited the 3 Rivers Solid Waste Authority. This landfill is a class 3 lined facility that serves 9 counties. There's a lot of trash to be buried, and it seems like they have a pretty good system. They even sell their methane gas to Kimberly Clark for fuel! One of the best improvements to the facility will be opening sometime around December, 3 Rivers is opening a new recycling building where household garbage will be hand sorted for recyclables. Obviously, it's cheaper and easier for everyone to use the recycling service in their neighborhood, but only 6% of all recycling is post consumer. Now, when people throw away a plastic bottle for convenience, someone will be at 3 Rivers to pull it out and put it in its rightful place. Good job, 3 Rivers. Although our tour guide seemed less than thrilled to see us and answer our questions, I think it's great to see people making an effort to do the right thing.
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