City Launches Online Survey About the Future of Recycling

SAN ANGELO, TX -- (Press Release)  The City of San Angelo has launched an online survey to gather citizen input on the local future of recycling.

The seven-question survey can be accessed at cosatx.us/recycling. It takes less than 2 minutes to complete.

The survey, coupled with input offered at a trio of town hall forums, will help guide the City Council on a request from Republic Services to consider changes to the curbside recycling program that has been in effect since 2015. The public forums will begin at 6 p.m. on:

• Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the McNease Convention Center, 501 Rio Concho Drive.
• Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Southland Baptist Church, 4300 Meadow Creek Trail.
• Thursday, Oct. 4, in the Lincoln Middle School cafeteria, 255 Lake View Heroes Drive.

The Sept. 26 forum will be streamed live on SATV, Suddenlink channel 17, and on the City of San Angelo-Public Information Facebook page. Questions and comments posted on the City’s Facebook and Twitter (@CityofSanAngelo) pages will be incorporated into the discussion. SATV will later rebroadcast the forum.

Republic officials say changes to the local recycling program are necessitated by China’s refusal to accept recyclable materials from other countries. That has caused a global crash in the price of recycled materials and an unforeseen change worldwide in the recycling industry.

Among the options Republic has offered are to temporarily suspend the marketing of recyclables collected at curbsides; changing the materials that are accepted; changing service levels, perhaps by adding drop-off sites; or moving to a subscription service for those interested in recycling.