{"id":798537,"date":"2019-08-14T17:14:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=369924"},"modified":"2019-08-14T17:14:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T23:14:05","slug":"dillon-is-seeking-solutions-for-the-towns-recycling-site-where-users-frequently-dump-garbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/dillon-is-seeking-solutions-for-the-towns-recycling-site-where-users-frequently-dump-garbage\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon is seeking solutions for the town\u2019s recycling site, where users frequently dump garbage"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Piles of garbage dumped outside Dillon’s recycling bin.<\/strong>
Courtesy Kelly Russo \/ town of Dillon<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

DILLON \u2014 The town of Dillon is asking residents to use more care when utilizing the recycling drop-off site after a number of issues have cropped up during the past year.<\/p>\n

The town of Dillon offers one of a few sites in the county for residents and visitors to drop off their recycling, but in recent months, the bin has been overrun by non-recyclable garbage and contaminated recyclable products dumped in the parking lot. Dillon, working in partnership with Summit County, is looking to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was set up as an amenity for Dillon Residents,\u201d said Kerstin Anderson, Dillon\u2019s marketing and communications director. \u201cNow we think we\u2019re seeing a combination of things happening. I think the trash-hauling issue in the county<\/a> has something to do with it, because we\u2019re seeing just a lot of trash being dumped out there. We\u2019re also seeing contaminants in the recycling, and we think that\u2019s just an education problem. We want to do more to help people understand what they can and can\u2019t recycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people want to do the right thing. What I want to get across is when a bin is full, dumping recycling or trash is not helping. It\u2019s doing more harm than good. It\u2019s getting contaminated and thrown away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the issue is volume. Dillon traditionally picked up recycling from the site three times a week, but in July, the town began moving the recycling every day during the workweek. While the tweak in service has helped to make a difference, weekends are still a major problem. Anderson called Saturday and Sunday the biggest \u201cpain points\u201d in the program, noting that town staff is often left to deal with disorganized dumping outside the bin every Monday.<\/p>\n

The other problem is a fundamental misunderstanding of what is allowed in the bin and what isn\u2019t. The bin isn\u2019t a single-stream site, meaning recycling has to be sorted before being dropped off and can\u2019t be bagged. Dillon\u2019s site \u2014 located just outside Town Hall \u2014 only accepts plastics numbered one and two, glass bottles and jars, mixed paper, cardboard, tin and aluminum. Additionally, recyclables must be prepared before they go in the bin, meaning people should do their best to scrub away food residue, remove lids from jars and flatten boxes.<\/p>\n

For a complete list of what recycling products are allowed and where, visit the county\u2019s recycling guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anderson said the town is in the process of developing some new signage to be placed outside the bin that would help residents and visitors better understand whether their recyclables are allowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really wanting to do the right thing and make improvements within the constraints of our resources,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cI\u2019ve been looking at new signage that will help us standardize our labels so that people are recycling right. We understand recycling is different in different areas, so it\u2019s about getting people to better understand what can be recycled here.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to continued educational efforts, Dillon is working with the county to help address the recent increase in volume. Bentley Henderson, assistant county manager, said the county is looking at opportunities to alleviate the issue in the short and long term.<\/p>\n

Henderson said the county is looking at alternatives including working with the town to create more frequent pickups or to add a second container at the site. The county also is hoping to add another recycling drop-off site in Silverthorne later this year. The proposed location for the new site is near the baseball fields, and the county is engaged in discussions with Denver Water, Silverthorne and the Lower Blue Planning Commission to make it happen. Henderson said that while there\u2019s still a lot of moving parts in the project, the goal is to open a new site this fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re trying \u2014 and Dillon would agree \u2014 to do whatever we can to get people the resources they need, and to encourage folks to recycle and keep things out of the landfill,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cWhatever steps we need to take, we\u2019re happy to jump on those opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Piles of garbage dumped outside Dillon’s recycling bin.Courtesy Kelly Russo \/ town of Dillon DILLON \u2014 The town of Dillon is asking residents to use more care when utilizing the recycling drop-off site after a number of issues have cropped up during the past year. The town of Dillon offers one of a few sites […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 02:56:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}