New recycling rules expand ‘acceptable’ list, incentivize package producers

Hours have been spent arguing over Pringles cans.

That’s what Julie Jackson, municipal manager at Republic Services, told a group of attendees at the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce Forum Lunch on Friday, Feb. 27.

The reason, Jackson explained, is because that one packaging item contains not only paper, but also a thin plastic barrier, a metal ring and a plastic lid.

“It has so many different materials that it’s just almost impossible to recycle,” she…