Athens residents have previously been asked not to include paper cups with their other recycling, but that is no longer the case.
âThere s a little layer of plastic in a paper cup. What changed is the willingness of the paper mills and the industry at large to accept that material in the paper mill. They want the paper badly enough that they re willing to put up with a little bit of plastic,â Joe Dunlop, Waste Reduction Administrator at the ACC Solid Waste Department, said.
Jittery Joeâs will host an event held by the Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department on Thursday, Jan. 21, to launch a new sustainability initiative intended to raise awareness about recycling paper cups.