For now, Nags Head continues current recycling plan

As the international market for recycled materials shrinks, the impacts are being felt on the Outer Banks. And at their Feb. 5 meeting, the Nags Head Commissioners took a step to address the issue by voting to allow its recycling contractor to continue dispose of that material in a way that does not actually comply with its agreement with the town.

In early January, the town’s waste management contractor, Bay Disposal through its Outer Banks affiliate Outer Banks Hauling (OBH), notified the board of commissioners that it was unable to dispose of the material at a recycling center. Rather than place the assorted plastics, metal and glass in a landfill, the material was being taken to an incinerator and burned to create energy for the Na

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