SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz and the Lucas County Board of Commissioners have declared November as “Correct Recycling Month”. As part of the campaign, Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, has placed recycling drop-off stations across the city to collect items that are not normally collected using normal recycling bins. These items include candy wrappers, pumpkins, and political campaign signs.
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The candy wrapper collection sites, at all Lucas County-area YMCA locations, will collect the materials, which will undergo a separate recycling process. The sites will be open until 30th November, 2022.
The pumpkin and gourd collection and recycling sites, located at 530 Illinois Ave, Maumee, OH 43537, The old Andersons location, 4927 N. Holland Sylvania Rd, Sylvania, OH 43560, Sylvania Township Hall and 5330 Seaman Rd, Oregon, OH 43616, Oregon Municiple Complex, will be available until December 4th.
The 1817 Madison Ave., Toledo, Lucas County Democratic Headquarters, 2125 Richards Rd., Ottawa Hills, Ottawa Hills Municipal Building, 1011 Matzinger Rd., Toledo, Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful and 130 W Dudley St. Ste. A, Maumee, Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District locations will accept campaign signs until December 4th.