Sheila Stratton, left, gives city councilor Dale McCormick a boost up to retrieve a reusable shopping bag after McCormick dropped it while pouring it into the container on Friday at the John Charest Public Works Facility in Augusta. They were some of the first residents to use the new single-sort recycling program on Friday morning.
Davy Crockett tosses recyclables into the container on Friday at the John Charest Public Works Facility in Augusta.
John Nims empties a box of recyclables into the roll-off container on Friday at the John Charest Public Works Facility in Augusta.
Lissa Bittermann, business development manager for Ecomaine, says that shredded paper should be recycled in clear plastic bags while explaining the new single-sort recycling program on Friday at the John Charest Public Works Facility in Augusta.
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