Simplified: A new app from BINfluencer – the nonprofit arm of Millennium Recycling – will take the guesswork out of recycling for Sioux Falls residents by providing quick, clear answers about what goes in the recycling bin.
Why it matters
- Despite a growing population in the city, recycling rates have gone down 18% over the last decade, according to Millennium Recycling President Shannon Dwire.
- Folks can now use the BINfluencer app to search any item to see if it can be recycled curbside, snap a photo to identify an item, or, if it cannot be disposed of in the recycling bin, get instructions on where to take it.
- The app launched Tuesday in celebration of Earth Day. As part of that celebration, residents who use the app or web tool to solve a recycling riddle by April 30 will be entered to win a $250 Washington Pavilion gift card.
“This tool was made for our community,” said Stephanie Gongopoulos, BINfluencer board president, in a news release. “We’re just getting started, and we’d love to feature more local partners and grow the impact together.”
