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Erwin Township chooses Eagle Waste, adds recycling program

ERWIN TOWNSHIP — Township residents will soon be able to recycle some of their garbage after the Erwin Township Board of Trustees approved a contract with Eagle Waste Wednesday.

The agreement will have township residents receive garbage collection twice a month and recycling collection once a month, according to township supervisor Larry Grimsby.

The township will pay $100 a month for garbage collection and $70 a month for recycling, Grimsby told the Daily Globe Friday, adding the new recycling service was something the township was looking for.

“(Recycling) was the big part of it. Lots...