Lori Reid dumps her newspapers and cardboard boxes into one of two new recycling bins at the Morgantown Convenience Center in Dayton, Tenn.
Photo by Kimberly McMillianDAYTON, Tenn. – Officials are offering residents who live east of U.S. Highway 27 in Dayton assistance to help keep the area cleaner, City Manager Frank Welch said.
“It’s a pilot program,” Welch said about the planned delivery of nearly 500 recycling bins to residential areas off state Highway 60 up U.S. 27.
He said the bins are to encourage residents to recycle nonfood items such as plastic, paper and cardboard.
Earlier this year two containers were put out, one in Evensville, Tenn., and one in the Frazier community off state Highway 30. Rhea County Executive George Thacker had said the bins would deter landfill overflow and could contribute up to $300,000 in annual revenue to the county.
Christine Ralph, with the Rhea County United Way, said she has used the Morgantown Convenience Center’s recyclables containers.