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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
When the county first became involved in recycling, County Administrator John McCarthy hoped the county could make a little money in the process to offset part of the cost of operating the landfill.
However, as more and more localities became involved in recycling, recyclables started piling up, and it became harder and harder to find a market for them. Now the county has to pay haulers to take the recyclables.
Mr. McCarthy says recycling still will save the county money by making the landfill last longer. Ellis Bindham, the supervisor from Jackson District, who also handles waste management for Fauquier County, disputes that figure, since only about 10 percent is recycled.
At the May Board of Supervisors meeting, Col. Bingham said he still hopes recycling can become self-supporting. He said now newspapers are trucked to Canada, but six plants to use recycled newspapers are being built in Virginia.
“The whole market is dynamic,” he said.
Now the county is recycling because of laws adopted by the General Assembly that require it.
“The General Assembly gets good press for adopting stringent environmental bills, but all the cost is revolving back to you, not them,” Mr. McCarthy said. “That’s not fair.”
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