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Lexington recycling center closed until Tuesday. Here’s what to do with recycling

Recycling trucks unloaded into large piles to begin the sorting process at the Lexington area recycling center on Thompson Road.
Recycling trucks unloaded into large piles to begin the sorting process at the Lexington area recycling center on Thompson Road. Pablo Alcalá File Photo.

The Lexington Recycle Center on Thompson Road will be shut down Friday, March 27, and Monday, March 30, because of an equipment failure.

The piece needed to repair the equipment is expected to be delivered and installed in time for recycling collection on Tuesday, March 31.

Lexington officials are asking residents with Friday or Monday curbside waste collection to not put blue recycling carts on the curb.

Recyclables set on the curb may have to be landfilled since there is no storage space at the Lexington Recycle Center.

City officials will provide an update if the timeline for reopening changes.

Sign up for text or email alerts about waste collection changes at lexingtonky.gov/311alerts.

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Beth Musgrave has covered government and politics for the Herald-Leader for more than a decade. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has worked as a reporter in Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois and Washington D.C. Support my work with a digital subscription
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