Visitors at last council meeting

I touched on it in an earlier post, but didn't have time to expound. But I do now. Just wanted to mention the visit we had from the Ames Resource Recovery Plant, and from the Metro Waste Authority.

In case you weren't aware, the City of Roland's official disposal location for our garbage is at the Ames Resource Recovery Plant. It is the big black building on East Lincoln Way in Ames. (I have a picture of it in an earlier post). Anyway, they mix garbage with coal, to fire the power plant in Ames.

One thing that doesn't burn is glass. It causes problems in the furnace, and it just ends up in the Boone County Landfill anyway. They do like it if you can recycle your glass, and put it in drop off containers. They have big yellow dumpsters around for your glass---I think there is one at Harlan's in Story City. For sure there is one at the downtown Ames Fareway, and at Cub Foods, as well as at the Resource Recovery Plant.

HERE is their website. Kinda interesting how it all works. The garbage recovered from us, Ames, and everybody else in Story County is enough to provide heat for 4600 homes each year.

Also in the visit was a gentleman from the Metro Waste Authority in Bondurant. They are our collection center for hazardous waste, like batteries, and paint, and stuff like that. They have collection days in Ames occasionally, and we sometimes organize such things in Roland as well. HERE is a link to their website, if you are looking for a way to clean up some stuff around your home.