Curbside Recycling Restrictions Loosened in Fredericksburg

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — The city has expanded its list of items accepted for curbside recycling, including clean food and beverage cartons (soup and juice boxes, milk and juice cartons).

The loosened restrictions are in response to new guidelines from the Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board (R-Board).

"This is a welcome opportunity to divert additional materials for recycling that would otherwise be

deposited in the Eskimo Hill landfill," Fredericksburg Councilor Kerry Devine said in a release.

The R-Board is required by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to recycle at least 25 percent of the waste in its jurisdictions, and for the past several years has easily reached the requirement with about a 50 percent mark.

For a photographic look at what is accepted and what's not accepted, click here.

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