Blue bins are only for recyclable materials

I would like to share a bit more clarity on the use of the downtown, City Beach, and our park’s blue recycle bins.

Even though I truly applaud anyone's desire to recycle, these bins are not for everyday private household recycling. Volunteers take care to sort and disperse the bins’ contents and lately we have found items coming from personal home use adding to the time/labor of the operation.

The idea I had for the bins was to offer visitors and residents alike, while strolling through town and/or enjoying our parks, an appropriate way to help our environment. In these bins only aluminum cans, plastic/glass drink bottles, plastic and paper cups and paper can be recycled after use instead of being thrown in the trash.

Please explore other options to recycle your private household items and for the love of our Earth, let’s reduce, reuse, recycle when we can. Much appreciated!

PAM DUQUETTE

Sandpoint