Curbside Management workers quickly sort through trash at the 68,000-square-foot facility in Woodfin. Curbside Management co-owner Abraham Lawson said his operation has been unable to keep plastic bags clean enough to recycle when they arrive mixed in with other types of trash. He noted that the facility has tried to pick out relatively clean bags and ship them to lumber manufacturers, but “we’ve never been able to hit the quality standards for them to be able to process that.” // Watchdog photo by Starr Sariego