{"id":111640,"date":"2025-08-26T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/111640\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:14:07","slug":"indy-dpw-closing-2-recycle-locations-due-to-illegal-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/111640\/","title":{"rendered":"Indy DPW closing 2 recycle locations due to illegal dumping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We currently have no new locations willing to host recycle bins, so there will be fewer sites for recycling,&#8221; the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Indy DPW said Aug. 25 that it&#8217;s closing two recycle locations in Indianapolis due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/local\/indiana\/indianapolis-department-public-works-recycling-drop-off-program\/531-d82f3977-08b5-4b64-be6b-71f7174849ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">illegal dumping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following recycle locations, both on property owned by Kroger, are being closed at management&#8217;s request:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More bad actors are ruining recycle sites around Marion County for their fellow Hoosiers,&#8221; Indy DPW said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indydpw\/posts\/pfbid02WLZq3cCPzTtirnnMYC8f9BrJEaj6KDKjRuNUxqSGpmMA6aeyRDPhGF494MhCgnUml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">social media post<\/a>. &#8220;We currently have no new locations willing to host recycle bins, so there will be fewer sites for recycling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the post, the agency reminded residents that putting a non-recyclable item in a recycle bin &#8220;contaminates everything else inside that bin,&#8221; making it un-recyclable. That&#8217;s considered illegal dumping and is punishable by a fine of up to $2,500, Indy DPW said.<\/p>\n<p>A list of recycle drop-off locations in Marion County, as well as what items are accepted, can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy.gov\/activity\/find-a-recycling-drop-off-location\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;We currently have no new locations willing to host recycle bins, so there will be fewer sites for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-111640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}