Recycling containers have arrived

The new recycling containers are in.
Jay County Solid Waste Management District Board learned at its meeting Monday that the recycling containers it ordered for indoor use have come in, and the lids to create outdoor bins are expected to be delivered this week.
The board also agreed to purchase advertising on four billboards in September to promote its annual Tox Away Day.
Board members decided last month to purchase 10 containers for indoor recycling and 20 lids to make outdoor containers as part of a program similar to Hancock County’s “Lend a Bin.” Local organizations can sign out the bins for use at short-term events, and the district also plans to place outdoor bins at local junior league fields, pools and Freeman Scouting Facility.
District director Ronyelle Edwards told the board that one indoor container is already on loan to Portland Lion’s Club. She has sent letters to about 50 other organizations informing them about the program.
“I think that would be great for us to just keep buying those lids … to where they’re just basically then sitting about everywhere,” said board member Faron Parr, noting that the district receives the barrels for the outdoor bins free from POET Biorefining in Portland. “We’ve got an endless supply of the drums. … It’s going to be the least expensive way to really advertise (recycling).”
Board members Jeanne Houchins, Doug Inman, Randy Geesaman, Bill Gibson, Tom Johnson and Parr, absent Jim Zimmerman, also agreed to pay $2,120 for four billboards from Burkhardt Media to advertise in September for Tox Away Day. The billboards will be on Indiana 67 on the northeast side of Redkey and at county road 200 South, and U.S. 27 just south of Bryant and at county road 600 South.
The event is scheduled for Oct. 8.
In other business, the board:
•Heard from Edwards that the district brought in $20,219 in tipping fees for 11,823.19 tons dumped at Jay County Landfill in May. After paying claims of $15,417.93, that left the district with a balance of $493,962.87.
•Learned 191 vehicles attended the free day Saturday at Jay County Landfill. Edwards and district educator Bettie Jacobs said traffic was also steady for free shredding Saturday.