The Montezuma County Landfill broken baler causes issues for the City of Cortez recycling program and residents.
The Montezuma County Colorado Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MontezumaCountyColorado shared yesterday:
"The parts for the baler have been ordered and should arrive in early July. We anticipate having the baler up and running by mid-July. Thanks for your patience!
If you haven't heard, the Landfill has not been accepting office paper, cardboard, or plastics for recycling due to mechanical issues with our baler. Without the baler we cannot bale the items and ship them out for recycling. At this point we just don't have space to store any more paper or
plastics. We don't want to add these items to the landfill any more than you do so we are doing all we can to get back to recycling as soon as possible."