Recycling aluminum cans, paper and plastic bottles is about to get easier and cleaner for the Audubon Estates community in Hybla Valley. Thanks to the community’s partnership with Fairfax County, 700 new 35-gallon collection carts were recently delivered to the neighborhood at no cost to residents.
For years, residents of Audubon Estates – a community of approximately of 700 manufactured homes – have voiced their need for recycling containers with lids for curbside collection. The community’s private trash hauler will not provide its customers recycling bins or carts, and the cost to purchase lidded carts was a barrier to many residents. Until now, the residents have taken recyclable materials to the curb in any container they may have. Waste material easily falls out of unlidded containers, often from storms or curious wildlife, resulting in unsightly littered streets.
Two Fairfax County agencies – the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) and the Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination (OEEC) – heard residents’ concerns for a cleaner community and worked together to provide 700 new lidded recycling carts using Fairfax County’s Plastic Bag Tax fund....