Contact: Janna Jenkins, City of NatchitochesPhone: (318) 352-2746Email: jjenkins@natchitochesla.gov

4/16/17

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

City Moves Recycling Bins to More Secure Location

NATCHITOCHES – The City of Natchitoches would like to advise the public that effective August 15, 2017 the City Recycling Center located on Mill Street at the ADM facility will be moved to a more secure location inside the gates of the facility. The new Recycling Center location hours of operation will correlate with the Public Works Department’s operating hours, Monday – Friday 6:30am – 4:00pm and special hours on Saturday from 5:00pm – 10:00pm.

The need for extra security around the Recycling Center is due to the high rise of illegal dumping of trash at the center. Food waste, yard waste, glass bottles, furniture, appliances, tires, toys, automobile parts, paint buckets, batteries, construction materials, aerosol spray cans, wood, rocks, bricks and dirt are strictly prohibited and should NOT be placed in the recycling bins. It is the hope of the City that the new location will allow for better monitoring and discourage all forms of illegal dumping.

Items accepted at the City Recycling Center;

Paper- Newspaper, Corrugated boxes, Cardboard, Magazines, Mail, Junk Mail, Office Paper, Shopping Catalogs, Cereal Boxes, Food packaging boxes, any paper product that has not come into contact with food waste or restroom trash.

Aluminum Cans- Any Drink cans or Food cans (The cans do not have to be washed out, but we would ask to please wash out any waste food to reduce smell).

Steel Cans- Any Food or Drink cans (The cans do not have to be washed out, but we would ask to please wash out any waste food to reduce smell).

Plastic- Milk jugs, plastic drink bottles, plastic water bottles, detergent jugs, any plastic fruit juice or tea jugs (The plastic jugs/bottles do not have to be washed out, but we would ask to please wash out any waste food to reduce smell).

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