Pendleton Sanitary Service is no longer taking mixed plastics for recycling.

Mike McHenry, president, announced Wednesday that the containers for plastics #1-7 would be removed from collection sites at Fallen Field and the transfer station by Jan. 1.

Many sanitary services have stopped taking plastic in recent months after China announced it would no longer be importing 24 types of solid waste for recycling, including mixed plastics.

“This is a national and international issue, but the effects are very local,” according to a news release from Pendleton Sanitary Service. “There are no markets to absorb what China has refused to accept.”

Empty butter containers, milk jugs and other plastics will no longer be taken at the transfer station, but individual-sized water bottles and pop bottles can still be redeemed for a 10 cent deposit at grocery stores and redemption centers.

Despite the problems with finding a new market for plastics, Pendleton Sanitary Service urges people to continue recycling other materials that are approved while tossing out items that are not so they do not contaminate the recyclables.

For more information on what can be accepted for recycling, visit pendletonsanitaryservice.com or call the transfer station at (541) 276-1271.