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Tipping Paper Hanover County is enhancing opportunities for businesses to recycle mixed paper and corrugated containers at

its courthouse solid-waste service convenience center and through the Community Services Board. The Department of Public

Works recently opened a drop-off area for business paper recycling adjacent to the Courthouse Solid Waste Service Convenience

Center on U.S. 301 just south of Hanover Courthouse. This location allows businesses with mixed loads to drop off paper

before going to the transfer station, where tipping fees would have to be paid. (The solid-waste convenience centers are

available for household refuse only and cannot be used by businesses.) In addition, Hanover Community Services recently began

accepting mixed and corrugated paper from businesses at its Dow Gil Road location in Ashland. Community Services offers the

drop-off from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, except holidays. "All the customer has to do is ring the bell on either side

of the building, and we will be glad to attend to your needs," said Harold Rowson, Mental Health/Mental Retardation manager

for Hanover Community Services. Hanover Community Services has also expanded its pickup service to the business community

this spring. Rowson will meet with business owners and provide either a 95-gallon cart or a smaller tote, depending on need.

The pickup cost is $11.63 per pickup. "The customer can put their recyclable paper into the container, and our Hanover

Recycling employees will sort the paper," Rowson said. Hanover Recycling provides employment to 20 people with disabilities.

"These new recycling opportunities are a win-win not only for business owners but for Hanover Recycling employees and the

environment," said Steve Chidsey, chief of Solid Waste Operations for the Department of Public Works. The Board of

Supervisors made the business drop-off area at the courthouse convenience center possible by revising the county's solid-

waste regulations to allow commercial vehicles to deposit corrugated containers and mixed paper at no charge without vehicle

restrictions.