While Tom and Tonda Hulbert, both of Baxter, officially opened H&W Recycling on Saturday morning, they don’t accept the typical soda cans and water bottles that immediately come to mind. In fact, the Hulberts chose to take on recycling on a slightly larger scale, accepting everything from old cell phones to broken refrigerators.

“Recycling keeps things from going in the landfills and the ditches,” Tonda explained. “You break them down for each metal and then we sell them to Alter (Metal Recycling) in Des Moines.”

“There’s money in scrapping, so we thought why not do it in a professional setting?” Tom added, explaining that H&W operates in compliance with all Environmental Protection Agency and Iowa Department of Natural Resources guidelines.