(La Porte County, IN) - There’s going to be a new recycling pick-up provider in La Porte County next year, as the current provider, Republic Services, will be replaced by Borden Waste Away on January 1st.

 

Sacha Gee Burns of the La Porte County Solid Waste District said that just a small of percentage of homes will have their pick-up days changed as a result of adjusting some routes for efficiency.

 

“They are going to be sending out a letter with a calendar that will show which day is each area’s recycling day,” she said.

 

Despite the switch in companies, Burns said residents will still be able to use their existing recycling containers, and that the switch will allow people to recycle No. 6 plastics, which previously were not accepted. She said the new provider, operating out of Elkhart, has its own recycling processing facility and is able to accept this preciously-unaccepted plastic type.

 

No. 6 plastics are found in consumer products, like Solo drinking cups and containers of donuts offered in grocery stores.