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Ogden City, Utah, has announced that it has suspended deliveries of recyclables to its recycling provider. According to a news release from the city’s website, Ogden stopped delivering recyclables to its provider March 3 because the city’s recycling trucks were being directed to dump their loads outdoors, which the city says is a violation of the provider’s operating permit from Ogden City. The operating permit requires all dumping, sorting and baling to take place inside of a building.
“Outdoor dumping can lead to significant problems for neighboring properties, including odors, blowing debris and the attraction of seagulls,” the city states. “The city was not willing to allow these types of permit violations to persist, which resulted in the decision to suspend deliveries.”
According to Ogden City’s website, the city was forced to start making deliveries of recyclables to the Weber County Transfer Station in March as there has been no other locally available option for processing the volume of recyclable material produced by city residents.
“Although the recyclable materials have been sent to the landfill since March, Ogden City expects to resume making recycling deliveries once challenges with the city’s provider are resolved, or once a viable alternative solution is in place,” the city says.
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