The cityâs Curbside Recycling Program seemed like it was starting to catch on with local residents before the pandemic.
There were six or seven drop-off sites where people could take recyclables like cardboard, plastic, newsprint and paper.
But the sites are closed now, and the program is suspended.
General Manager Tony Sicari of the Hopkinsville Solid Waste Enterprise said he hopes the program can resume by May or early June once vaccines for the coronavirus have been distributed and once officials begin allowing inmates to participate in work release programs again.
The recycling program has relied on inmate labor, and with the onset of the pandemic, inmates were no longer being allowed to take part in work release programs outside the jail.