New recycling program set to begin

Lincoln County will begin a new recycling program in Libby and Troy on Wednesday.

The county purchased two recycle trailers, which will make regular trips to Kalispell, through a $25,000 grant provided by Montana Department of Environmental Quality. The trailers will arrive and be accepting recyclables on Wednesday. One will be placed at 141 St. Regis Haul Road in Troy and one will be parked across from Libby City Hall at 952 E. Spruce St.

A ceremony to celebrate the program’s inception will take place at 11 a.m. at the Libby recycle location.

The trailers will accept plastics that have a No. 1 or No. 2 code stamped on them, which includes bottled soda and water containers, milk jugs and detergent containers. The items must be clean and crushed with lids removed. Plastic wrap, grocery bags or plastics with codes four through seven will not be accepted.

The trailers will also take clean, crushed aluminum cans, as well as clean, label-free steel cans. The county asks that people not drop off paint cans, aerosol cans or aluminum foil.

Paper products – newspaper, magazines, mail, office paper and cardboard – may also be dropped off at the trailers.

Recyclables are also accepted at Kootenai Disposal in Libby, the drop-off location that the county prefers those with large loads to utilize. No. 1 and 2 plastics and cardboard can be left at any time in labeled containers outside the building. Aluminum cans, steel cans and paper products can be dropped off 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Kootenai Disposal is located at 2049 U.S. Highway 2.