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Deployment cuts holiday trash
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The holiday season can sometimes become a time of excess and that excess sometimes turns into increased litter.
However, Liberty County Solid Waste Director David Sapp said this year has gone “exceptionally well,” because of “less folks being in town.”
Sapp still wants people to continue to keep an eye on the issue.
“We certainly encourage the recycling during the holidays,” Sapp said.
Because a lot of wrapping paper contains colored dyes and foils and is usually made from recycled paper, it can not be recycled.
The cardboard boxes that usually accumulate during the holidays can be recycled.
“That’s a good way to get rid of the bulk waste,” Sapp said.
Sapp said the cardboard boxes should be broken down and the Styrofoam removed.
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Snow accumulation could be increasing
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Southeast Georgia, including Liberty and Long counties, is under a winter storm warning from the National Weather Service.

The forecast for snowfall total has increased modestly overnight and freezing rain amounts are trending up along the coast.

Forecasters have high confidence that bitterly cold temperatures will impact southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia this week. Near-record low temperatures are possible Wednesday night. Dangerous wind chills are possible, especially Wednesday night, with values as low as 8-15°F.

Precipitation is expected to arrive this afternoon or early evening, and accumulation of snow and freezing rain is expected. Snow could be from 1 to 2.5 inches, with locally higher amounts possible. An accumulation of close to a quarter-inch of ice is projected for mainly coastal counties.

The risk of additional freezing rain along the immediate coast Thursday night is now very low.

There are also could be travel issues into Wednesday night and Thursday as wet roads could refreeze.

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