Fairfax Co. expands popular textile recycling pilot program

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A pilot program in Fairfax County is being expanded to make recycling of textiles easier for residents. In January, this northern suburb of Virginia launched the program with Helpsy. The first delivery point, at Interstate 66 Transfer Station in Fairfax, had positive results, prompting the county to expand the garbage collection service from two to six containers, and once a week to twice. Now, the county has added blue containers to the I-95 he…