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About 20% of items sent to the WM Recycling Brevard facility are non-recyclable on-site and considered contaminated.

Improperly recycled items, like scrap metal, can cause significant damage to recycling plant equipment.

Residents are urged to only recycle approved items like plastic bottles, cardboard, cans, glass, and paper in their single-stream bins.

Topping 10 feet tall, a mini-mountain of thousands of scrap-metal junk items attracts black flies — a malodorous monument to misguided residential recycling habits.

"That's about a week's worth right there," Plant Manager Tim Van Ness said, standing alongside the unsightly scrap metal heap.

"You're going to see pots and pans. You're going to see barbecue grills. You're going to see walkers. I mean, you've got a we

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