Area residents soon will lose a reliable place to drop bags full of plastic milk jugs and old newspapers. The popular recycling drop-off facility at Fire Station No. 8, at Patterson and Forest avenues, will be closed by June. Henrico County plans to demolish the firehouse, built in 1950, and build a larger station. But the parking lot, which already is crowded, will not support the traffic from cars dropping off recycling during and after construction.

Area residents soon will lose a reliable place to drop bags full of plastic milk jugs and old newspapers. The popular recycling drop-off facility at Fire Station No. 8, at Patterson and Forest avenues, will be closed by June. Henrico County plans to demolish the firehouse, built in 1950, and build a larger station. But the parking lot, which already is crowded, will not support the traffic from cars dropping off recycling during and after construction.