Last month’s article about recycling got one thing wrong: Plastic caps and lids, and other small scraps of plastic, do not get recycled! Please take them off any bottles, jars, jugs, etc. and throw them in the trash.

It’s not that these little bits of plastic aren’t recyclable. The problem is that when we compact and then bale the plastic bottles, jugs, etc., little bits of plastic like caps and lids very quickly shake themselves loose from the bale and end up everywhere.

This creates a real health and safety issue for us at the Transfer Station and for the truckers and recyclers who have to handle the bales once they leave Andover. So please remember: Caps, lids, and other small bits of plastic go in the trash. Thank you!