One less recycling center in 2009

                                  The drop-off center at 80th and Metcalf

Thanks to the tanking economy, the growing stream of recycled materials snapped up by hungry manufacturers in early 2008 has turned into a mountain of worthless trash entering 2009. Waste haulers, like Deffenbaugh Industries, have seen the market for recovered materials plunge to unprecedented lows. So it’s no surprise that, in the New Year, area residents will have one less place to recycle their bottles and cans.