Illegal garbage dumping ruins free recycling drop-off

Millennium Recycling closing public drop-off after 25 years

File this story under the heading: “why Sioux Falls can’t have nice things.”

Persistent illegal dumping of garbage and other materials is forcing Millennium Recycling to close its public recycling drop-off area, change scheduled for the end of the year.

Millennium is the main recycling center in the region – diverting cans, cardboard, paper and other recycled materials that would otherwise end up in the Sioux Falls Regional Landfill.

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