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Come to Our Open House!

Thursday, January 26, 2:00 - 6:00 pm

• Building To
• ur Refreshments
• Games
• Displays
• Music

The Solid Waste District, Purdue Extension, Soil and Water, and the Small Animal Shelter of LaPorte County would like you to visit our new facilities at 2857 West State Road 2, LaPorte (across from the LaPorte County Home).

Book Collection Program

Our partner Better World Books has reached a donation milestone of $10 million from its book sales to literacy programs all over the world. The Mishawaka-based business supports several literacy initiatives worldwide, like Books for Africa and the National Center for Family Literacy.

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2010 Recycling Totals

The numbers are in! Check out the success of our various collection programs from 2010 in LaPorte County.

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Missed Pickup?

We apologize if your recycling is missed on your pickup day. Sometimes there is a simple remedy, so let us work with you and we will get the problem taken care of. Please call the next day after you are missed so that it can be resolved with Able.

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Diversified Recycling Tour

We still have the doubters!!!! They think the recycling is mixed with the garbage and goes straight to a landfill, and that the recycling materials are NOT recycled.

Click to see for yourself.

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