October 4, 2025 • 15 mins
In this episode, host Phil Tower welcomes Micah Herrboldt, Waste Reduction Educator at the Kent County Department of Public Works.
Micah joined us to remind Kent County residents to refresh their recycling habits with the newly released annual Fall Recycling Guide from the Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW).
The 2025 Fall Recycling Guide offers recommendations to help residents properly recycle or dispose of common household and seasonal items, as part of the DPW’s efforts to reduce landfill waste in the community. The guide also includes tips for recycling and disposing of materials that can’t go in a recycling bin but can still be kept out of a landfill.
The DPW’s full 2025 Fall Recycling Guide can be found online here:
Get the 2025 Fall Recycling Guide.
For additional info, visit reimaginetrash.org
Micah joined us to remind Kent County residents to refresh their recycling habits with the newly released annual Fall Recycling Guide from the Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW).
The 2025 Fall Recycling Guide offers recommendations to help residents properly recycle or dispose of common household and seasonal items, as part of the DPW’s efforts to reduce landfill waste in the community. The guide also includes tips for recycling and disposing of materials that can’t go in a recycling bin but can still be kept out of a landfill.
The DPW’s full 2025 Fall Recycling Guide can be found online here:
Get the 2025 Fall Recycling Guide.
For additional info, visit reimaginetrash.org
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is iHeartRadio's West Michigan Weekend. West Michigan Weekend is
a weekly programmed designed to inform and enlighten on a
wide range of public policy issues, as well as news
and current events. Now here's your host, Phil Tower.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's great to have you along here on West Michigan
Weekend from iHeartRadio. Thank you so much for tuning in
across whatever iHeartRadio station you have join us on or
if you're listening to us as a podcast. Of course,
all of our episodes available as a podcast at woodradio
dot com. We encourage you to check them out. We've
got a lot there. In this segment, I'm pleased to
(00:38):
welcome back to the program. Micah Herbot. He is the
waste reduction educator at the Kent County Department of Public Works.
We're talking about a brand new, just released a few
days ago, Fall Recycling Guide. It's the go to guide
for what to throw in the trash and what to
recycle for Kent County. And of course this may vary
(01:01):
slightly depending on what county you are listening in, but
we are here to talk about Kent County and their
annual fall recycling God. Micah first of all, welcome back
to the program.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Thank you very much, it's good to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, this is an important thing because your job at
the Kent County Department of Public Works. I got to
believe a huge amount of it is education, and that's
right in your wheelhouse. You can talk about these things
over and over again, but people make honest mistakes or
maybe it's a lazy mistake when they put stuff that
(01:35):
can be recycled in the trash or stuff that can't
be recycled into a recycled bin. Can you talk about
how important this ongoing education is, Micah.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, absolutely. You know the amount of stuff that we
purchase and then need to figure out whether it's the
packaging or other items need to get put into the
trash or recycling is always growing and always changing. So
you're right the education piece of it can be challenging
in that we are always trying to make sure people
(02:09):
have the most up to date information when things do change,
or they are given consistent messaging about the things that
are always the same, but sometimes they may hear something
that causes them to think twice about it. So the
Fall Recycling Guide is the continuation of that effort to
keep people as up to date on what can go
(02:30):
into the recycling then what can't, what options they may
have for some of those other items that don't necessarily
fit into either category. Just making sure people are given
as much information for the new stuff that's coming into
the lives as they move through the different seasons.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, and this is a different season because people are
typically doing things like tailgating where you have a lot
of paper cups, having doughnuts and cider where you've got
a lot of plastic jugs. And then of course making
as I don't want to rush us into the holiday season, Micah,
but as people are making things for Thanksgiving and holiday meals.
(03:09):
You've got soup cartons, you've got metal cans, you've got foil,
aluminum foil that goes on the top of you know,
casserole dishes and things like that. And of course tis
the season whether you're ordering from Walmart or Amazon or wherever,
cardboard boxes everywhere, and all of these aforementioned things can
(03:31):
be recycled. I want to mention as I'm looking at
the Fall recycling Guide and I want our listeners to
know this. You can get this recycling guide Kent County
Department of Public Works has a great, easy to remember website.
It's called reimagine trash dot org. Reimagine trash dot org.
Do you get the credit for that easy website?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Micah Oh, I wish I did know. It was an
email address that came up about ten years ago when
they were really pushing this reduction of waste along with
our recycling center.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
All right, well, good, it's a great one. Nonetheless, here's
one that surprises me on the recycling guide that rigid plastic.
In fact, we just had a couple of caramel apples.
That rigid kind of sealed plastic that's on a lot
of containers. That's something that can be recycled.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Yeah. Yeah. The majority of rigid plastic, whether it's a
can or a bottle or something that is holding a
liquid or food, can be recycled in a curbside bin.
We just asked that it's rinsed out if it can be,
or wiped out so that there's not a lot of
food residue. A little bit fine, but the majority of
rigid plastics. We talk about different numbers on those those materials,
(04:53):
whether it's like a number one, two, three, four, five, six,
or seven. We can take that entire range of materials
long as it's rigid, not like a plastic bag, meaning
flexible like a bag or dirofoam, which kind of falls apart.
So we can take a lot of different rigid plastics.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
And speaking of plastics, a lot of Halloween candy comes
in plastic bags that you've got to tear open. And
you've got the little mini size Halloween kind candy that
you hand out. What about small plastic bags We're not
talking about the Meyer, the Walmart, or the Aldi. You know,
actually you don't get those at Aldi. The plastic bags
(05:32):
that you are so prevalent. Meyer does recycle those. A
lot of stores recycle them. But what about the plastic
wrapping in like candy bars and things like that for
Halloween candy. What do you recommend people do with that?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
That really is just a trash item. Those materials don't
have any recycling outlet for our recycling center specifically, but
in general, there's very very few options other than mail
in options for recycling rappers or bags for like things
like snacks and chips and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
No, that's unfortunate, but yeah, there's a lot of stuff
that cannot be recycled. Micah Harbolt is with us. He
is waste reduction educator at the Kent County Department of
Public Works. Their Fall Recycling Guide is out. You can
get it at reimagine trash dot org. Reimagine trash dot org.
(06:27):
It is important if people have a hard time remembering
how much stuff is recyclable, maybe aren't good at recycling
things in their household waste that can be recycled. It's
really important because this is all about reducing all the
stuff we're throwing into landfills.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Right, yeah, that's correct. You know, we've looked at the
recitct or excuse me, the waste stream quite a bit
in the past that the Department of Public Works and
have seen that there really is a lot of stuff
that people throw away that could be recycled if they
had an opportunity to take it to a recycling drop
(07:06):
off or have a cribside bin, or if they just
took a little bit of extra time. For things such
as the plastic bags like you were mentioning, you know,
if you hold on to them, they can go to
a grocery store, or if you have scrap metals that
can't go into the recycling then those also can go
to different drop off sites as well. So there's just
a lot of material that we go through that could
(07:28):
be recycled if we just took a little bit of
extra time and sorted it out so it could get
to the right place.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
A lot of cardboard is thrown into landfills, much of
it unnecessarily cardboard boxes, things that can be recycled. What
is the recommendation. How do you want people to deal
with cardboard that goes into recycling bins.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yeah, the best thing to do is just to break
it down so that it isn't going to take up
so much space, and then when they're flat like that,
they get sorted easier. So if they're putting them into
their bin and they break them down, they have the
best opportunity for it to get to our recycling center.
We of course have three drop off sites around the county.
(08:11):
If people have extra that cannot fit into the recycling bin,
they can always go to our website and look for
different sites that can take corrugated cardboard. And if they
have extra and they want to throw it in their
car and then on their way to work or home
from work, they can stop by one of those sites
and just pop it into the drop off. It's free
at all the sites.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Michael, there are some things, actually a number of things
that unfortunately cannot be recycled. We're talking, by the way,
with Micah Herboldt. Michael is a waste reduction educator at
Ken County DPW. You can get all the information we're
talking about it reimagine trash dot org. Now some things
that should not go in your curbside recycling bin that
(08:53):
still can avoid the landfill if you're a little thoughtful
about this. We just talked about Halloween earlier. A lot
of people will unfortunately throw Halloween costumes. You've got maybe
a plastic mask and you know, plastic or polyester or
nylon costume. What do you recommend people do with those
instead of throwing them in the trash.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Well, there's always people looking for used items that they
can then use themselves. So costumes almost always might get
snagged up by folks if you post them online or
if you just ask people if they want us to
do a swap in a neighborhood or something like that,
they'll take those masks, they'll take those wigs, all those things.
So that they can reuse them because Halloween maybe one
(09:37):
time where people are dressing up, but people always have
fun times where they're wanting to use that stuff or
just get ready for the next year. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Also something that should not be recycled. Something that's worth
mentioning is yard waste. It seems common. Yeah, you can
compost and you can do a lot of things, but
the Kent County dp W does not accept yard waste
that's generally handled by your township or local city that
(10:06):
you may live in.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Correct, Yeah, that's right. It's actually Michigan law that yard
waste and other sort of organic material that comes from
trees or things like that. Your grass is not allowed
to go into landfills, so it shouldn't be picked up
along with the rest of your trash. So certain cities
might have a pickup program or a drop off site,
(10:28):
and we just make sure we ask people to check
into that at their local level to find out where
that's where that site may be to drop those items
off or if they do have a pickup service. If
you go to our website, there is a section in
there on yard waste where people can look at what
different organizations are available in the County for people to
(10:49):
drop stuff off to pay, or they can always call
their local township to see if there is a service
that is provided either by their holler or by the
actual city or town it.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
We're speaking with Michaeh Herboldt. He is waste reduction educator
at the Kent County Department of Public Works, talking about
their Fall recycling guide, what you can get at reimagine
trash dot org, and also things that can't be recycled.
It's important to remember, just real quickly, clothing, sweaters, coats,
even things like a scarf that is no longer wearable.
(11:23):
Don't put those in the trash. Those can be donated
to a coat drive or a clothing store. Goodwill will
take a lot of clothing. They'll even take like single socks,
So that's something to keep in mind. And Michael, something
really important we want to mention is you should not
throw away any kind of chemicals or any kind of
hazardous materials. You've got some car cleaning products or maybe
(11:47):
some wax that you use to wax your car that's old,
you want to throw away. Those actually have a separate
place within the Kent County DPW. Your safechem locations. Can
you run through those real quickly?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Yeah. Correct. We have five locations around the county. Every
day of the week Monday through Friday, one of those
locations is open with different hours so that people have
a lot of access points for dropping off those materials.
And there's a lot more hazardous waste than people might
be aware of. It could just be things like the
(12:20):
chemicals that we were discussing, but it can be all
things such as fertilizers or even old cooking oil that
you don't want to put down the drain. So those
five sites, again, they're listed on our website. There's a
icon you can click on it says SAFECAM and it
has all five locations. We have some in the northern
part of the county, southern and then of course in
(12:40):
the Grand Rapids area. And it's a site that you
drive up to and you don't even have to get
out of your car. We have folks that will meet you.
They'll pull off the items that you're dropping off and
make sure they're handled correctly, and so you just drive up,
they get them out and then they'll dispose of them
and any questions you have you can ask them as well.
So if you're wondering about something that could or could
(13:03):
not be hazardous. They're there to answer any of those
questions so that you have more knowledge for the next
time you're doing a cleanout, or there may be more
things in your house that you can bring by.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Yeah, I want to give you guys a huge thank
you during this conversation for your safecom drop off locations.
We've taken advantage of them at least two or three
times this year, and it is truly remarkable that people
are always helpful as you just said, and highly recommend
check those out again at the Kent County DPW website
(13:36):
reimagine trash dot org. As Micah said, there are five
locations here in Kent County those SAFECEM drop off locations.
And then finally, Micah real quickly scrap metal. Anything made
out of metal, even know car port parts or old
hardware should not be thrown in the trash. What do
you recommend with scrap metal.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Yeah, you've got a few options. We ad our sites
at the landfill in the southern part of the county
or our North Kent transfer station both have scrap metal
drop off points. Those are free for use. You just
pull in drop them off, they'll get to a scrap
metal recycler. But scrap metal is fairly valuable and there's
(14:18):
a lot of different options. If you can't make it
to one of our two sites. There's a lot of
commercial businesses in the area that would take scrap metal.
They may even pay you a little bit of money
to bring it in. And then there's a lot of
scrappers that go around towns or areas and pick up
scrap metal four folks. So it could be as simple
as putting it out on your curb and then eventually
(14:40):
it'll disappear because somebody picks it up so they can
take it to a scrap metal drop off site. But
if you just have another bin that you keep in
your garage or next to a door, throw every bit
of metal in there that can't go into recycling bin.
Eventually you can just take it to a drop off
site and drop it off and it will get recycled.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Yeah, that's a good recommendation. Micah Herbolt will us waste
reduction educator at the Kent County Department of Public Works.
Always appreciate your time and your wisdom. Thank you so much, Micah.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Yeah, absolutely, it's really good to be here again.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
You can get the Fall recycling guide at reimagine trash
dot org. Reimagine trash dot org.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
You've been listening to iHeartRadio's West Michigan Weekend. West Michigan
Weekend is a production of Wood Radio and iHeartRadio
This is iHeartRadio's West Michigan Weekend. West Michigan Weekend is
a weekly programmed designed to inform and enlighten on a
wide range of public policy issues, as well as news
and current events. Now here's your host, Phil Tower.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's great to have you along here on West Michigan
Weekend from iHeartRadio. Thank you so much for tuning in
across whatever iHeartRadio station you have join us on or
if you're listening to us as a podcast. Of course,
all of our episodes available as a podcast at woodradio
dot com. We encourage you to check them out. We've
got a lot there. In this segment, I'm pleased to
(00:38):
welcome back to the program. Micah Herbot. He is the
waste reduction educator at the Kent County Department of Public Works.
We're talking about a brand new, just released a few
days ago, Fall Recycling Guide. It's the go to guide
for what to throw in the trash and what to
recycle for Kent County. And of course this may vary
(01:01):
slightly depending on what county you are listening in, but
we are here to talk about Kent County and their
annual fall recycling God. Micah first of all, welcome back
to the program.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Thank you very much, it's good to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, this is an important thing because your job at
the Kent County Department of Public Works. I got to
believe a huge amount of it is education, and that's
right in your wheelhouse. You can talk about these things
over and over again, but people make honest mistakes or
maybe it's a lazy mistake when they put stuff that
(01:35):
can be recycled in the trash or stuff that can't
be recycled into a recycled bin. Can you talk about
how important this ongoing education is, Micah.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, absolutely. You know the amount of stuff that we
purchase and then need to figure out whether it's the
packaging or other items need to get put into the
trash or recycling is always growing and always changing. So
you're right the education piece of it can be challenging
in that we are always trying to make sure people
(02:09):
have the most up to date information when things do change,
or they are given consistent messaging about the things that
are always the same, but sometimes they may hear something
that causes them to think twice about it. So the
Fall Recycling Guide is the continuation of that effort to
keep people as up to date on what can go
(02:30):
into the recycling then what can't, what options they may
have for some of those other items that don't necessarily
fit into either category. Just making sure people are given
as much information for the new stuff that's coming into
the lives as they move through the different seasons.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, and this is a different season because people are
typically doing things like tailgating where you have a lot
of paper cups, having doughnuts and cider where you've got
a lot of plastic jugs. And then of course making
as I don't want to rush us into the holiday season, Micah,
but as people are making things for Thanksgiving and holiday meals.
(03:09):
You've got soup cartons, you've got metal cans, you've got foil,
aluminum foil that goes on the top of you know,
casserole dishes and things like that. And of course tis
the season whether you're ordering from Walmart or Amazon or wherever,
cardboard boxes everywhere, and all of these aforementioned things can
(03:31):
be recycled. I want to mention as I'm looking at
the Fall recycling Guide and I want our listeners to
know this. You can get this recycling guide Kent County
Department of Public Works has a great, easy to remember website.
It's called reimagine trash dot org. Reimagine trash dot org.
Do you get the credit for that easy website?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Micah Oh, I wish I did know. It was an
email address that came up about ten years ago when
they were really pushing this reduction of waste along with
our recycling center.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
All right, well, good, it's a great one. Nonetheless, here's
one that surprises me on the recycling guide that rigid plastic.
In fact, we just had a couple of caramel apples.
That rigid kind of sealed plastic that's on a lot
of containers. That's something that can be recycled.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Yeah. Yeah. The majority of rigid plastic, whether it's a
can or a bottle or something that is holding a
liquid or food, can be recycled in a curbside bin.
We just asked that it's rinsed out if it can be,
or wiped out so that there's not a lot of
food residue. A little bit fine, but the majority of
rigid plastics. We talk about different numbers on those those materials,
(04:53):
whether it's like a number one, two, three, four, five, six,
or seven. We can take that entire range of materials
long as it's rigid, not like a plastic bag, meaning
flexible like a bag or dirofoam, which kind of falls apart.
So we can take a lot of different rigid plastics.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
And speaking of plastics, a lot of Halloween candy comes
in plastic bags that you've got to tear open. And
you've got the little mini size Halloween kind candy that
you hand out. What about small plastic bags We're not
talking about the Meyer, the Walmart, or the Aldi. You know,
actually you don't get those at Aldi. The plastic bags
(05:32):
that you are so prevalent. Meyer does recycle those. A
lot of stores recycle them. But what about the plastic
wrapping in like candy bars and things like that for
Halloween candy. What do you recommend people do with that?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
That really is just a trash item. Those materials don't
have any recycling outlet for our recycling center specifically, but
in general, there's very very few options other than mail
in options for recycling rappers or bags for like things
like snacks and chips and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
No, that's unfortunate, but yeah, there's a lot of stuff
that cannot be recycled. Micah Harbolt is with us. He
is waste reduction educator at the Kent County Department of
Public Works. Their Fall Recycling Guide is out. You can
get it at reimagine trash dot org. Reimagine trash dot org.
(06:27):
It is important if people have a hard time remembering
how much stuff is recyclable, maybe aren't good at recycling
things in their household waste that can be recycled. It's
really important because this is all about reducing all the
stuff we're throwing into landfills.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Right, yeah, that's correct. You know, we've looked at the
recitct or excuse me, the waste stream quite a bit
in the past that the Department of Public Works and
have seen that there really is a lot of stuff
that people throw away that could be recycled if they
had an opportunity to take it to a recycling drop
(07:06):
off or have a cribside bin, or if they just
took a little bit of extra time. For things such
as the plastic bags like you were mentioning, you know,
if you hold on to them, they can go to
a grocery store, or if you have scrap metals that
can't go into the recycling then those also can go
to different drop off sites as well. So there's just
a lot of material that we go through that could
(07:28):
be recycled if we just took a little bit of
extra time and sorted it out so it could get
to the right place.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
A lot of cardboard is thrown into landfills, much of
it unnecessarily cardboard boxes, things that can be recycled. What
is the recommendation. How do you want people to deal
with cardboard that goes into recycling bins.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yeah, the best thing to do is just to break
it down so that it isn't going to take up
so much space, and then when they're flat like that,
they get sorted easier. So if they're putting them into
their bin and they break them down, they have the
best opportunity for it to get to our recycling center.
We of course have three drop off sites around the county.
(08:11):
If people have extra that cannot fit into the recycling bin,
they can always go to our website and look for
different sites that can take corrugated cardboard. And if they
have extra and they want to throw it in their
car and then on their way to work or home
from work, they can stop by one of those sites
and just pop it into the drop off. It's free
at all the sites.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Michael, there are some things, actually a number of things
that unfortunately cannot be recycled. We're talking, by the way,
with Micah Herboldt. Michael is a waste reduction educator at
Ken County DPW. You can get all the information we're
talking about it reimagine trash dot org. Now some things
that should not go in your curbside recycling bin that
(08:53):
still can avoid the landfill if you're a little thoughtful
about this. We just talked about Halloween earlier. A lot
of people will unfortunately throw Halloween costumes. You've got maybe
a plastic mask and you know, plastic or polyester or
nylon costume. What do you recommend people do with those
instead of throwing them in the trash.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Well, there's always people looking for used items that they
can then use themselves. So costumes almost always might get
snagged up by folks if you post them online or
if you just ask people if they want us to
do a swap in a neighborhood or something like that,
they'll take those masks, they'll take those wigs, all those things.
So that they can reuse them because Halloween maybe one
(09:37):
time where people are dressing up, but people always have
fun times where they're wanting to use that stuff or
just get ready for the next year. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Also something that should not be recycled. Something that's worth
mentioning is yard waste. It seems common. Yeah, you can
compost and you can do a lot of things, but
the Kent County dp W does not accept yard waste
that's generally handled by your township or local city that
(10:06):
you may live in.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Correct, Yeah, that's right. It's actually Michigan law that yard
waste and other sort of organic material that comes from
trees or things like that. Your grass is not allowed
to go into landfills, so it shouldn't be picked up
along with the rest of your trash. So certain cities
might have a pickup program or a drop off site,
(10:28):
and we just make sure we ask people to check
into that at their local level to find out where
that's where that site may be to drop those items
off or if they do have a pickup service. If
you go to our website, there is a section in
there on yard waste where people can look at what
different organizations are available in the County for people to
(10:49):
drop stuff off to pay, or they can always call
their local township to see if there is a service
that is provided either by their holler or by the
actual city or town it.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
We're speaking with Michaeh Herboldt. He is waste reduction educator
at the Kent County Department of Public Works, talking about
their Fall recycling guide, what you can get at reimagine
trash dot org, and also things that can't be recycled.
It's important to remember, just real quickly, clothing, sweaters, coats,
even things like a scarf that is no longer wearable.
(11:23):
Don't put those in the trash. Those can be donated
to a coat drive or a clothing store. Goodwill will
take a lot of clothing. They'll even take like single socks,
So that's something to keep in mind. And Michael, something
really important we want to mention is you should not
throw away any kind of chemicals or any kind of
hazardous materials. You've got some car cleaning products or maybe
(11:47):
some wax that you use to wax your car that's old,
you want to throw away. Those actually have a separate
place within the Kent County DPW. Your safechem locations. Can
you run through those real quickly?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Yeah. Correct. We have five locations around the county. Every
day of the week Monday through Friday, one of those
locations is open with different hours so that people have
a lot of access points for dropping off those materials.
And there's a lot more hazardous waste than people might
be aware of. It could just be things like the
(12:20):
chemicals that we were discussing, but it can be all
things such as fertilizers or even old cooking oil that
you don't want to put down the drain. So those
five sites, again, they're listed on our website. There's a
icon you can click on it says SAFECAM and it
has all five locations. We have some in the northern
part of the county, southern and then of course in
(12:40):
the Grand Rapids area. And it's a site that you
drive up to and you don't even have to get
out of your car. We have folks that will meet you.
They'll pull off the items that you're dropping off and
make sure they're handled correctly, and so you just drive up,
they get them out and then they'll dispose of them
and any questions you have you can ask them as well.
So if you're wondering about something that could or could
(13:03):
not be hazardous. They're there to answer any of those
questions so that you have more knowledge for the next
time you're doing a cleanout, or there may be more
things in your house that you can bring by.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Yeah, I want to give you guys a huge thank
you during this conversation for your safecom drop off locations.
We've taken advantage of them at least two or three
times this year, and it is truly remarkable that people
are always helpful as you just said, and highly recommend
check those out again at the Kent County DPW website
(13:36):
reimagine trash dot org. As Micah said, there are five
locations here in Kent County those SAFECEM drop off locations.
And then finally, Micah real quickly scrap metal. Anything made
out of metal, even know car port parts or old
hardware should not be thrown in the trash. What do
you recommend with scrap metal.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Yeah, you've got a few options. We ad our sites
at the landfill in the southern part of the county
or our North Kent transfer station both have scrap metal
drop off points. Those are free for use. You just
pull in drop them off, they'll get to a scrap
metal recycler. But scrap metal is fairly valuable and there's
(14:18):
a lot of different options. If you can't make it
to one of our two sites. There's a lot of
commercial businesses in the area that would take scrap metal.
They may even pay you a little bit of money
to bring it in. And then there's a lot of
scrappers that go around towns or areas and pick up
scrap metal four folks. So it could be as simple
as putting it out on your curb and then eventually
(14:40):
it'll disappear because somebody picks it up so they can
take it to a scrap metal drop off site. But
if you just have another bin that you keep in
your garage or next to a door, throw every bit
of metal in there that can't go into recycling bin.
Eventually you can just take it to a drop off
site and drop it off and it will get recycled.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Yeah, that's a good recommendation. Micah Herbolt will us waste
reduction educator at the Kent County Department of Public Works.
Always appreciate your time and your wisdom. Thank you so much, Micah.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Yeah, absolutely, it's really good to be here again.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
You can get the Fall recycling guide at reimagine trash
dot org. Reimagine trash dot org.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
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