EARTH DAY

Glendale hits recycling targets — sometimes

Glendale employee Jeff Williams swings his city truck around to pick up a load of recycling April 22 in the Tanoan community in northern Glendale.

(Independent Newsmedia/Richard Smith)

In October 2022, the city of Glendale had a contamination rate of almost 30% of the recycled materials submitted by residents.

Glendale set a goal to get that number down to 20% regularly by 2025, and it has — sometimes.

Michael Carr began working as the city’s deputy director of field operations around that time.

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