Dear editor,
Today, as I gathered up my carefully cleaned and sorted recycle items, I drove 14 miles to the Allen County Recycling center in Iola to discover that it is no longer open, due to needing some funding.
Now I face the following decisions: Drive 29 miles north to Garnett recycling or 56 miles southwest to Fredonia recycling; both smaller cities than Iola that manage to maintain recycling centers. Or should I drive 8 miles to add to the load at the Allen County dump. Or, last choice, I could take the items home to dispose of them in a burn barrel and add toxins to the air we breathe.
Why can’t the city of Iola, or Allen County, get into the 21st Century and give some support to the really good recycling program that we so recently could boast about.
It is with regret that I feel compelled to address this issue.
Mary Dunn,
Humboldt, Kan.
