New app aimed at helping Dayton residents recycle

A new app named Dayton Collects is being launched in the coming weeks in an effort to help Dayton, Ohio residents more effectively recycle their waste, according to a report from the Dayton Daily News.

This app will be used to inform residents of their waste collection schedules and of what materials are appropriate to recycle.

“Probably, 90 percent of your household trash is going to be recyclable. Paper, cardboard, plastic, cans, your bottles—all of that should go in your recycling container,” Fred Stovall, Dayton’s director of public works, tells the Dayton Daily News.

Recycling volumes in the city have declined every year since 2014, when 6,528 tons of material were collected. In 2017, the city collected 5,444 tons of recycling material from residents through Dec. 20.

The decline in recycling volumes coincides with a 28-percent increase in the number of homes with recycling bins since 2013.

Stovall says that the new app will allow residents to set alerts when it’s time for pickups and give tips for preventing contamination.

Colerain Township, Ohio-based Rumpke Waste & Recycling, the company in charge of sorting and processing the city’s recycling, is hopeful that the new app will help residents keep their waste out of area landfills.

“Rumpke and the city of Dayton has had a great partnership for many years, and our goals are the same: We want to recycle more and trash less,” Jonathan Kissell, a Rumpke spokesman, says according to the report.