By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Sunflower Diversified Service's Recycling Center took a hit earlier this year when the Sonoco mill in Hutchinson was unexpectedly closed down. The shutdown impacted various recycling centers in the area, which could no longer take non-corrugated cardboard. Sunflower Director of Recycling and Production Mandy Grizzell said the facility can once again accept books and slick corrugated cardboard.
"Slick corrugated is like your diaper boxes, your box chip boxes," she said. "Anything that's shiny with the corrugated that has the bubble ripples inside your cardboard."
Sunflower ships its recyclable materials to Illinois-based Quincy Recycling, which handles materials from Colorado to the Appalachian Mountains. There is still no timeline when that facility will once again accept non-corrugated cardboard like cereal boxes and beverage containers.
"We are actually with the same vendor," said Grizzell. "We just made some more communications and some more clarifications on items to make it more convenient for our customers."
A full list of acceptable items for recycling can be found HERE.. The facility is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.