(Le Mars) — Today is the first Saturday of the month, and traditionally that would mean Le Mars residents could donate their old newspapers and other paper products to the Boy Scouts for recycling. Residents would drop off their discarded newspapers at the O’Toole Park, located on the northside of town. However, that practice, at least dropping off paper products at O’Toole Park, has now ended. Scott Langel, the city administrator for Le Mars says the storage shed used by the boy scouts will now be converted to be made as a restroom for the park.
Langel says the city has partnered with Van’s Sanitation and has established a new
site for disposal of newspapers, cardboard, and other paper products.
Langel says the city is encouraging the boy scouts to utilize the facility, and
continue with their recycling program as a fund raiser.
Langel says the drive-through recyclable site at Van’s Sanitation is ready for use. He says the new recyclable dumpster will be available at any time for Le Mars residents to dispose of their discarded paper products, and not just the first Saturday of the month.
The city administrator reminds Le Mars residents that they can also dispose of their paper products at a roll-off dumpster located in the parking lot between the Hardware Hank store and the downtown fire station. He says people can always utilize their blue-colored dumpsters for disposal of newspapers and other paper products.
