DeKalb County intends to greatly increase recycling at its schools under a partnership between the county government and the school system.
The agreement calls for the DeKalb County Sanitation Division to provide waste collection and disposal services, and for the school system to separate recyclables from garbage.
At least 40 percent of materials generated in the school system are able to be recycled, according to the intergovernmental agreement approved by the DeKalb Commission in January. The effort is meant to reduce the amount of waste disposed of at the county’s Seminole Road Landfill.
Before a test-run of the recycling effort last year, the DeKalb school system didn’t have an official form of recycling services.
Fifty schools are now actively participating in the program, and all 139 district schools and 10,000 classrooms will soon be included.
The county and school district are celebrating their partnership at an 11 a.m. event Wednesday to be held at the DeKalb County School District Boardroom, located at 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd.
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