from staff reports
QUITMAN — Clarke County is now home to the first foam recycling facility in the state.
Dart Container Company of Mississippi the foam collection site in Quitman Thursday. As one of a growing number of regions to be equipped with foam recycling infrastructure, the free drop-off facility will allow Mississippi residents, businesses and organizations to recycle foam with the number 6 on it.
This is the state’s first public site to accept foam food service containers, including foam cups, plates, take-out containers, egg cartons, as well as shaped or molded foam often used to package electronics. This effort will divert foam from area landfills and allow it to be recycled into new products such as picture frames and moldings.
Once foam is dropped off at the facility, it is then compacted and shipped to a company that will use it as feedstock to make new materials. To be accepted for recycling, the foam must bear the “6” symbol with chasing arrows.
Dart Corporation held a ribbon-cutting Thursday outside of the new drop off facility, located at 197 Harris Avenue in Quitman. In attendance was State Rep. Sherra H. Lane, Southern Regional Rep. Morgan P. Shands of Sen. Roger Wicker’s office, and Harry Gibbs of Mississippi Development Authority representing Gov. Haley Barbour.
Officials with Dart said the company is driving recycling efforts from its manufacturing facilities to workplaces, warehouse recycling centers and consumers’ homes in curbside recycling efforts across the country. Often improperly called “Styrofoam,” a registered trademark of the Dow Chemical Company, Dart’s products are recyclable and reusable. Recycled foam food service products can be reprocessed into building insulation, plastic lumber, and many other products. For more information, visit www.dart.biz or call (800)248-5960.
Foam Recycling
Guidlines
• Rinse cups and containers to rid them of food.
• Place foam in a clear plastic bag.
• No straws or lids.
• No foam insulation
• No packaging peanuts (call 800-828-2214 or go to www.loosefillpackaging.com for sites).
• Only foam products bearing the "6" symbol with chasing arrows can be recycled at the new facility.
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City passes FY2011 budget
The city of Meridian has managed to pass its FY2011 budget without raising property taxes and without much delay, but that doesn't mean it's going to be smooth sailing for the rest of the fiscal year, according to Finance and Records Director Ed Skipper.
"There are so many variables right now," said Skipper. "You always have the variables, and you don't know if what you're projecting is actually going to be." -
Arrest imminent in shooting
Authorities with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday afternoon they will likely arrest today the person of interest in Monday's shooting incident in Lauderdale.
LCSD Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun said until that arrest is made authorities will withhold the name of the suspect, said to be a 74-year old woman. -
Public Hearing
Any time there's a tax increase, the public is going to protest it, and that's exactly what happened at a public hearing on Lauderdale County's proposed budget Tuesday evening.
The county plans to raise the property tax rate for FY2011 by 1.87 mills county-wide, and 3.95 mills inside the city limits. The proposed increase follows a millage decrease of 2.41 mills county-wide and 3.78 mills inside the city during FY2010. -
La. and Miss. authorities looking for SUV
Louisiana and Mississippi law enforcement authorities are seeking information regarding a blue SUV from Lauderdale County that has been reported in the area of a trailer in Lake Charles, La., where four bodies were found Monday.
Law enforcement authorities are looking for a dark blue 2000 Ford Explorer XLT registered in Lauderdale County, with tag LCE 755. -
Sanitation stalemate continues
Local politicians are soon going to have to do something that they often find excruciatingly difficult — find a way to agree.
If they don't come to some kind of agreement on the city's garbage pick-up contract, October will be a very stinky month in Meridian.
At Tuesday's city council meeting, the majority of the council engaged the mayor and the minority of the council in a game of garbage pick-up chicken. -
Earnest Workers’ Circle contributes to TEAAM
Dr. Mark Yeager was the speaker for the May meeting of the Earnest Workers' Circle of Kings Daughters and Sons, International. He is the Director of TEAAM (Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi), which is the state-based autism organization.
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Meridian to celebrate Jimmie Rodgers birthday
In celebration of The Father of Country Music’s birthday today, locals and visitors are invited to tour the Jimmie Rodgers Museum and Sparkle & Twang: Marty Stuart’s American Musical Odyssey free of charge from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Holiday on The Links
Jake Sterling hits a shot from the 8th fairway as Ed Brown and John Rea watch during the championship rounds of the 2010 Labor Day Invitational at Northwood Country Club Monday.
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MPD looking for domestic violence suspect
Detectives with the Meridian Police Department Criminal Investigation Division are seek information on the possible whereabouts of Sedrick Bohannon.
Bohannon is a 24-year-old black male, standing about 5'07" and weighs about 150 pounds. He currently has a mini dread hairstyle. -
Evening shooting leaves one dead
A shooting at about 5:15 p.m. Monday left one person dead and another seriously injured.
The deceased woman's name is Lee Ann Temple, age 30.
The suspect, a 74-year old woman, is in custody. - More Local News Headlines
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