Valerie Soja

San Marcos becomes the first city in South-Central Texas to offer single stream
recycling to all residents. Valerie Soja has more in this Bobcat Update.

A couple of months ago, the City Council passed an ordinance establishing single
stream recycling for all multi-family units. This was in response to many
requests made by San Marcos apartment residents. Local Apartment Manager Tammy
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Starting February 1st each multi-family unit will be billed four-dollars-and-40
cents for the curbside service. This will be added to the residents' regular
utility bill. Texas Disposal Systems will provide the service and the 96-gallon
single stream recycling bins to each unit. The single stream recycling system
allows residents to put all their recyclables, unsorted, in one large bin. Texas
State student Emily Price says that this has made recycling a lot easier.
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Items that will be accepted in the recycling bins are: paper, tin, aluminum,
plastic and glass. Items that will not be accepted include: plastic bags, any
type of Styrofoam or pizza boxes. For Bobcat Update, I'm Valerie Soja.