The Clark County Solid Waste District is introducing a new program to improve the recycling experience for residents. “If groups become personally invested in those drop off sites and take a bit of ownership over them, I think that in the end it will create a better experience for the average resident going to recycle,” Sam Perin, an education specialist at the Clark County Solid Waste District said.

Operation Adopt-A-Drop, a new program inviting residents or groups to become stewards of the county’s recycling sites, is aimed at creating a pleasant recycling experience by having volunteers clean up those sites.Perin explained that he thought of the idea for this program after him and another Clark County Solid Waste District employee cleaned up a recycling site during the holiday season. He said they were able to break down boxes to create additional space in the recycling bins.

“A lot of the issue with the reason why sites get built up so quickly and people end up sitting stuff on the ground is because boxes do not get broken down,” Perin said. Residents or groups that decide to adopt a recycling site are expected to cleanup their adopted site at least once a month, Perin explained. He said volunteers do not have to commit to a certain time frame.

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Author: Natalie Jones, Springfield News-Sun
Image: Bill Lackey, 
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