County executive eyes recycling for the future

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard

“Hey, it’s for my future,” says little Joseph Adam Lanier as he poses with County Executive Kenneth Rogers in one of the free recycling bins the county is offering . Joseph is the 5-month-old son of Melanie and Jayson Lanier.

As part of a new program called Recycling for the Future, the county will be offering some nifty free recycling bins to the first 100 citizens to come by the county administration building and request one from either the county executive’s office or from local recycling grant coordinator Mary Lou Ward.

The bins, paid for with part of the funds from a state recycling grant, will provide those interested in recycling items such as aluminum cans, paper and cardboard with a ready-made receptacle to transport the materials to the county’s recycling bins at local convenience centers.

County Executive Kenneth Rogers said the program is meant to inform residents of the importance of recycling.

“It’s very important,” Rogers said. “We can generate revenue by taking in the cardboard, the cans, and then send them in and sell them.”

Ward said recycling is also important since it has the potential to decrease the waste materials our children will have to deal with in the future. And recycling is really easy, according to Ward.

“All they have to do is take it to the convenience centers,” she said.

Both Ward and Rogers hope the program will encourage residents to begin and maintain an effective family recycling program.

“We’re just trying to educate our people to help them to start recycling,” Rogers said.

For more information call Mary Lou Ward at 473-2381 or the county executive’s office at 473-2505.