Hope Haven Industries is no longer accepting glass items to recycle. While Chillicothe Municipal Utilities refuse crews will continue picking up glass items as part of regular trash pickup, after Jan. 31, CMU customers must put all glass items into orange trash bags to be landfilled. The changes are being made largely because there is no current market for recycled glass.

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Hope Haven Industries and Chillicothe Municipal Utilities have entered into a new five-year contract for residential recycling and a major part of that agreement changes the types of items which will be collected.

As of Jan. 31, 2008, glass items will no longer be included in the recycling operation. Carole Hobbs, recycling operations manager at Hope Haven, said that there is no current market for recycled glass and the broken glass going down the sorting line poses safety issues for recycling employees.

After Jan. 31, glass items must be placed in orange trash bags for trash pickup. CMU and Hope Haven ask for the community's cooperation in implementing this change in recycling.