Amarillo discontinues glass collection. (Municipal Recycling).Glass container collection was discontinued from curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: collections in Amarillo, Texas “Amarillo” redirects here. For other uses, see Amarillo (disambiguation). Amarillo is the 14th-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. , in July. The decision to halt the collection of glass in Amarillo follows a trend in much of the country. With end markets for the collected glass dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. , municipalities in some regions find it difficult to continue taking in small amounts of the material when they have to ship the collected glass great distances. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a spokeswoman for Amarillo's PublicWorks Department, the city collected roughly 79,000 pounds of glass in the last fiscal year. While the city will continue to look for end markets for glass, it appears likely the decision to halt glass collection is permanent. |
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