Lewes, DE Launches Beach Recycling Pilot Program

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The City of Lewes has launched a beach recycling pilot program aimed at making it easier to throw away plastic and glass. City maintenance workers Alison Kirk, Chris Chaney and Alex Willow installed two new recycling cans at Johnnie Walker Beach Aug. 7.

The blue receptacles have openings that will only accept bottles and cans. Chaney and Willow designed and built a platform for the cans to prevent them from blowing away.

“The push for returning recycling at the beach came mostly from kids sending this message to council during the eco footprint tapestry project,” said Mayor Amy Marasco. “If this pilot works well, we will have these cans at all of our beaches next year. I asked the public to be good stewards of the environment and use the recycling receptacle for cans and bottles only.”

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