A fire at a Plano recycling facility has not affected recycling collection in Allen. Though several municipalities were impacted by the Dec. 28 fire at Republic Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), the City of Allen uses a different contractor.
The City's contractor, CWD, takes recycling collected in Allen to its own Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Dallas. If you would like to see what happens in this facility, you can take a virtual tour.