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Recycling comes to Moorcroft

Council approves private program to collect recyclables from Moorcroft homes

Monday night, the Moorcroft Town Council heard from solid waste pick-up contractor Dave Naughton, owner of Western Waste Solutions. Naughton sought permission to initiate a plan offering individual households the opportunity to participate in a recycling program within town limits for a minimal monthly cost.

The items that can be recycled, according to Naughton, are aluminum and tin cans, plastics (jugs and bottles), glass and corrugated cardboard including cereal boxes, beer flats and wraps, etc.

No paper is allowed; however, can or bottle labels can be recycled.

The enterprise would be...