The fight to bring back curbside recycling in Chesapeake is still raging almost two years after it was taken away.
When the city ended curbside recycling, drop off locations around Chesapeake were set up instead. However, Lacy Shirey, co-founder of Chesapeake Recycles, claims they are not doing what was intended and has taken videos to prove it.
“Our citizens are asked to sort their recycling into cardboard and mixed recycling,” she said. “But then our GFL truck are coming and picking up all of those containers in one truck.”
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Chesapeake Recycles also put GPS trackers in the bins to make sure the materials were going to the right place. Shirey said they had some that went to the Chesapeake Transfer Station, which is landfill.
As a result, Shirey and many other residents, want to bring curbside recycling back. She says the city has millions of dollars in excess funds funds to use. However, some members of local government, say that is not the case.