SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The City of Sioux Falls Public Works today announced a record-breaking recycling rate for 2017.
The recycling rate was 24.4 percent, up 1.2 percent from 2016 and the highest annual recycling rate to date for the region. Licensed waste haulers brought in 5,500 fewer tons of municipal solid waste to the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill and nearly 2,000 more tons of recyclable material to regional material recycling facilities.
"I wish I could get folks in Sioux Falls as excited about recycling as their Mayor is," says Mayor Mike Huether. "It is so easy to do, saves us a bunch of money and is so great for our environment, too."
You can find the new recycling guide and more information about recycling in our region by visiting www.siouxfalls.org/recycle.
