Austin Resource Recovery: How to celebrate Earth Day, reduce plastic waste

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Earth Day events are taking place all across Austin this weekend.With a wide variety of environmental protection efforts underway, the city has asked Austinites to drop off plastic bags and bottles at Public Library locations."Our goal is to get out in the community and encourage Austinites to bring us their single-use plastic bags and plastic bottles for use over Earth Day weekend,” Austin Resource Recovery spokesman Andrés Cantú said.Friday is the fina