For months, readers have been contacting us with suspicions that their recycling isn’t actually getting recycled, and a review by the county’s auditor is raising new questions about it.
DeKalb County’s recycling contractor is seemingly receiving less recyclable materials from the county than it has in previous years, and there isn’t any clear explanation.
Pratt Recycling, Inc. has contracted with the county for several years to process recycling materials. They charge the county $65 per ton for the recycling it receives.
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