Bastrop county residents push for reopening popular community recycling bin

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Less than a minute drive from historic downtown Elgin, located inside a dirt lot surrounded by a chain-link fence, sat a very popular recycling bin that was free to use for anyone.
Jeff Asmussen, who lives about five miles south of Elgin, said he would use the bin every week to dispose of his recyclables.
"Well Monday, Wednesday, and maybe Friday," Asmussen explained his weekly drop-off schedule.Asmussen and his other neighbors are now gathered in the city's Veter