Solid-waste staff warn of needles in recycling, market pressures and staffing impacts on sticker sales Solid-waste staff reported e-waste and event funding submissions, warned of rising needle/medication contamination in recycling loads and described pressure on sticker sales, staffing at transfer stations and a weak PET market; the committee approved surplus-equipment disposals and routine transfers.

Solid-waste staff are sounding the alarm on a troubling rise in needles and medications in recycling, alongside market pressures that could impact future operations.

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