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A new landfill is the most critical component in the solution to Rappahannock’s trash problem, but recycling should be “part and parcel" of the county’s solid waste management plan, John McCarthy told t • #bout two dozen county residents gathered at the courthouse Oct. 20. ' ’Hie Board of Supervisors’ administrative assistant said the supervisors recognize that an effective recycling program will extend the life of a county landfill and “deal more responsibly with the waste we as a society produce.” Accordingly, they are willing to consider providing some level of financial support for community organizations, businesses or individuals to undertake responsibility for setting up and maintaining recycling centers at one o? more locations in the county, Mr. McCarthy said. , > The supervisors will establish a rpcycling station at the new landfill, he reported. The county employee who operates the landfill can also see that recycled materials deposited there are handled properly: the different colored glass separated in the 55-gallon drums; different grades of paper in separate bundles; aluminum, batteries, “white metal" and other recydables in the right places. So running a recycling station at the landfill will not require an additional expenditure of any significance, Mr; McCarthy said. ' - But tiie opening of a landfill — whether at the Stover tract near Amissville already purchased by the

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