City of Cortez Says to Leave Newspaper Out of Recycling For Now

KSJD | By Austin Cope

Published December 7, 2017 at 2:52 PM MST

The City of Cortez will temporarily stop accepting newspaper in its recycling program. City of Cortez Recycling manager Colby Earley says the decision is based on fluctuating market prices and China’s decision to stop accepting recycling from the United States. He says the City will reevaluate its decision if markets stabilize in the future. The City has further information on its website.

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Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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