The Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub will start charging a fee Jan. 1, 2026 for dropping off general recyclable items.
At a warehouse in Lower Price Hill, the Hub takes things that aren’t accepted in curbside bins and recycles them. It’s taken plastics, metal and textiles for free since it opened to the public in 2021.
Executive Director Chad Planner says the Hub has seen a 50% increase in the materials it’s received this year. He says implementing a fee is necessary to sustain the organization…