Post office makes recycling requests of customers
By Alan L. Kleinfeld
Anyone who stops by the Folly Beach Post Office on a regular basis has probably noticed that the two blue recycling bins have disappeared from the lobby.
“They’re gone,” said. Post Master Joanne Johnston. “We removed them about four weeks ago. They were getting filled too fast for us to maintain them, so we’re now directing people to the two larger bins at the back of the Post Office,” she says.
Regular customers remember the overstuffed bins with paper overflowing from the drop slot. Some times they were so stuffed that customers would leave their paper right on top, not even attempting to place it inside.
Although signs will be posted soon indicating where the larger bins are, for the time being Post Office staff is letting folks know via word of mouth.
The large blue bins, somewhat reminiscent of a hotel laundry container, have been outside behind the Post Office for about five years, but not many have known or used them due to the smaller bins that were once located inside the lobby.
“The larger bins mean that we can recycle more paper, but it also means people don’t have to try and cram stuff in when the smaller bins would get full,” Johnston said. “It also means we don’t have to spend the time maintaining the lobby.”
For those residents green-minded enough, Johnston states that individuals can pick up their own blue recycling bin to keep at home by calling Charleston County at 795-9060 .
Johnston asks that customers put only paper in the recycling bins. “They’re not for plastic or trash. Just paper recycling,” she said.
For more information on getting your own recycle bin, visit the Charleston County web site at www.charlestoncounty.org.
