Dumpster Rental in Upper Sandusky, OH

Landfill and Industrial Waste in Upper Sandusky

Upper Sandusky is in Wyandot County. The county’s landfill is located at:

• Wyandot County landfill – 11164 CR 4, Carey, OH.
• It is open from Monday to Friday 7 am to 4 pm.
• Closed Saturdays, Sundays and major holidays.

Recycling in Upper Sandusky

The city of Upper Sandusky provides weekly street side recycling services on the same day your regular trash is picked up. The sanitation department requests that all residents use the red colored bins to alert their crews that you have recyclables that must be picked up. All glass must be sorted by color. Plastic bottles, newspapers, beverage cans, and milk jugs will be accepted at the curb. Because the truck space is so small, cardboard will not be picked up. However, you can take this and other recyclables to the Wyandot Recycling Center yourself. You can also get some great information concerning recycling at the city’s website. Wyandot Recycling Center’s address is below.

Uplifting and Neat Facts About Upper Sandusky, OH

Upper Sandusky lies on the Sandusky River and was settled in the early 1800s. The population is right below 7,000 residents. The city has many festivals and other exciting events throughout the year including the Upper SanduskFestivalal of Lights and the Frieman’s BBQ. There are 2 golf courses and a dog park. And of course, there are the typical sporting activities that other towns provide such as baseball, basketball, and soccer fields. A couple of very famous people from the area include Neil Armstrong, NFL player Bob Schnelker, Carl Karcher who founded the restaurant chain Carl’s Jr., and newspaper owner Jacob Zimmerman.

The Possibility of the End of Recycling

Recently the country of China has put a ban on recycling from waste being sent from America. Experts predict the Chinese will displace over 123 million tons of plastic waste alone by the year 2030, according to a November 2018 article in Waste 360, a major recycling e-magazine. The Weather Channel had a more dire take on the situation stating that the aforementioned recycling emergency could end recycling as we know it.

One of the major reasons for sending our recyclables to China was one of economics. It simply was cheaper to send it there then to process it here in the U.S. Now, we have tons of recycling debris piling up at recycling centers and there is no place to send it. Some citizens are being told to halt the recycling of egg cartons because it has nowhere to go. As a result, many cities are charging more for recycling services.

One huge issue is cardboard. Because many communities opted to use single-stream recycling to encourage people to recycle by making it easier to do so, cardboard is being contaminated and no one wants to purchase it. So, cities that used to profit from selling the recyclables overseas, now have to pay for it to be hauled to another location. The only bright spot that was mentioned is that manufacturers will be forced to reimagine the whole design issue, to make it easier to dispose of materials.