Tennessee Recycling Center Closing Due to Continued Dumping of Un-Recyclable Materials

A recycling center in Tennessee is closing due to continued dumping of regular trash, making it impossible to function as intended.

The Cane Ridge Recycling Center, one of the busiest and most popular recycling centers in Antioch, Tenn., has been dealing with constant dumping of un-recyclable materials. This issue has become so bad that the center has decided to close.

“We see everything from clothes, construction debris, light bulbs, bags of trash of just household garbage, and a whole myriad of things,” said Jennifer Harrman with Metro Waste Services.

“We are seeing folks clearly using this as a dumping ground instead of a recycling center.”

The recycling center will be closing on May 30.

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