Scrap metal Drive to Benefit LPS Recycling Program
Industry News / Date:January 24, 2018
Scrap metal recycling machine
Lincoln and Lancaster County residents are encouraged to recycle their scrap metal and donate all or a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) recycling program. Aluminum cans and scrap metal can be taken to Alter Metal Recycling, 6100 N. 70th St., and Sadoff Iron and Metal Recycling Company, 4400 West Webster. The recycling drive will continue through Earth Day, Friday, April 22.
The drive will accept all types of scrap metal including aluminum and tin cans, pots and pans, wiring, sinks, bathtubs, motors and electronic scrap. A complete list of accepted items is available at altertrading.com and sadoff.com.
The LPS recycling program will used the donated funds to replace aging, worn out steel recycling containers. They will be recycled as scrap metal and replaced with containers manufactured from recycled steel - closing the recycling loop. The LPS program provides recycling education and opportunities in all LPS school classrooms, offices and support buildings. Currently, LPS recycles and composts over 1.5 million pounds of material annually, about 36 percent of its refuse.
