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Salem Recycling Center to no longer always be available

By WJBD Staff Feb 17, 2022 | 8:33 AM
Keep Salem Beautiful recycling trailer.

Keep Salem Beautiful has announced they will only be able to empty the recycling trailer at the Centralia Clean and Green Facility only two days a week instead of three days for the foreseeable future.

KSB’s Rita Boudet says as a result the trailer will no longer be available everyday as it can only be emptied on Monday and Friday. This week, the trailer will return to the 200 block of North Broadway on Friday until it is full. It will then return on Monday of next week after being emptied until it is full again.

Boudet says the Keep Salem Beautiful Board has called an emergency meeting to develop a long term plan. She notes Salem lost a day because the amount of trash and non-recyclables being placed in the trailer. Boudet says it results in a disgusting sorting process at the Centralia Recycling Center that cannot go on if the Recycling Center is going to remain in operation.

Boudet is encouraging everyone to only place recyclables listed at the trailer inside the bins and NO trash.