Kyle Lewis, the city recycling program director, spoke at last week’s Lawncrest Community Association meeting.
Lewis played “Recycle or Reject,” asking members whether a particular item should go into a recycling bucket or the trash.
Paper cups are new to the recycling list. Pizza boxes are recyclable, but the bottom of the box should be trashed if it is greasy.
Lewis recommended that people visit sanitation convenience centers at 8401 State Road (at Ashburner Street) or 3901 N. Delaware Ave. to get a recycling bucket lid to prevent recyclables from blowing away.
Some in the crowd complained that sanitation workers throw recycling buckets, causing them to break. Lewis said workers are told to put the empty bucket “where they got it from.”
Some LCA members left disappointed that there were no recycling buckets available, as the group expected.
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In other news from the March 18 meeting:
• There will be fireworks outside Lawncrest Recreation Center at dusk on Sunday, July 5.
The rec center building and property are undergoing an overhaul, with work expected to be completed by the fall. The swimming pool will be closed this summer in anticipation of a reconstruction.
• Lawncrest Library, 6098 Rising Sun Ave., will host a meeting of its art club on Fridays, March 27, April 10 and 24 and May 8 and 22, at 11 a.m. The club is open to all skill levels and meets every other Friday.
The book club will meet on Saturday, March 28, at noon to discuss R.F. Kuang’s bestseller Katabasis. Ask Ms. Faith for a copy of the book.
• State Sen. Tina Tartaglione, state Reps. Jared Solomon and Anthony Bellmon and U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle will hold a shredding and e-recycling event on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to noon at Wissinoming Park, 5773-5945 Frankford Ave. Use the Cheltenham Avenue entrance.
• Lawncrest Community Association will meet on April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at St. William’s Monsignor James E. Mortimer Memorial Hall, Argyle and Robbins streets. ••
