It's now easier to recycle in downtown Bloomington. Ecology Action Center is using a grant to set up four permanent recycling containers on the four corners of the McLean County Museum of History property. EAC Director Michael Brown said the goal now is to make sure the 90,000 people who come downtown annually actually use them. “That’s education and that’s the work we’ve been doing now for well over 40 years; use education and outreach and trying to promote these behaviors,” Brown said. The receptacles are single-stream, which means they will take most materials that can be recycled. Brown added the key to getting more people to recycle is to make recycling more convenient. “We’ve been working with the City of Bloomington for a few years, looking at the issue of the need for downtown recycling and looking at different options, looking at costs," he said. The center is now looking to offer recycling containers for low-income households in Normal as the other component of the $4,600
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