Officials and residents in Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and Manteo learned in early 2020 that recyclables leaving Dare County through Bay Disposal & Recycling were actually being burned at a waste-to-energy plant, Wheelabrator, in Portsmouth, Virginia.
They faced a dilemma: Should they continue recycling?
Read more on this story by Corrine Saunders at CoastalReview.org