McAllen Agrees to Allow Edinburg to Utilize Recycling Center

On Monday, the McAllen City Commission approved a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Edinburg and the City of McAllen, which will promote regional cooperation between Edinburg and McAllen in implementing curbside recycling of residential waste.

The City of Edinburg is implementing a curbside collection pilot recycling program. The City of McAllen has agreed to allow the City of Edinburg to utilize the McAllen Recycling Center for the collection of Edinburg’s curbside pilot recyclable program. The term of this mutual agreement will stand for six (6) months at which time both cities will meet to determine and evaluate the success of the pilot program and consideration for expansion of the program throughout the City of Edinburg.

The City of McAllen currently pays the City of Edinburg for use of its landfill. In this agreement, Edinburg agrees to offset McAllen’s acceptance of Edinburg’s recycling stream by issuance of a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal credit equal to 2:1 match. That will equal to one ton credit in McAllen’s MSW stream by two (2) tons of Edinburg’s recyclable stream.