Recycling Boom In Flint Neighborhood Following Water Crisis

The water crisis in Flint neighborhood has resulted in the large collection of plastic bottles. People are drinking packaged water instead of from the tap. It has caused a major challenge for civic authorities. Blue recycle bins found outside the Flint’s east side neighborhood. Brown paper bags were found on the bottles just a few blocks away from the Avon Street. Arnold Brown involved in clearing waste says this is a new culture in 20 years of his service. With the bottles for varied purposes like drinking, cooking and bathing rising of the day people have decided to recycle. It is a welcome change says Republic Services Municipal Services Manager Gary Hicks.

According to Hicks around 15% of 40,000 residents recycle. Now with the water crisis around 75-100 people are involved in recycling per day. The good news is that hundreds of people have started to use the recycling services. The recycling program is on for last three years now and has seen a sharp rise recently informs Hicks. He also said that Midland has 80% participation despite its size being just half that of Flint. Meanwhile, Flint will cross 40% very soon informs Hicks. The recycling program is free for Flint customers, and all they have to do is to call the number for the bin delivery.

Free water bottles are distributed in fire stations for cooking, drinking, and bathing. Already a million bottles have been distributed, and this is going to be a lot of bottles, informs Brown. Meanwhile, a coalition is offering a drop-offs program, and the Republic is into bi-weekly recycling. With recycling, the materials are turned into a variety of products. Though, Brown is happy that the city is getting accustomed to the recycling techniques he wanted people to pray for clean drinking water for the city. He said it may be hard and drastic, but the water challenges have to be combated.

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