THIS NEXTREX BENCH was donated to the Iron County Medical Care Facility. From left, in back are Jessica Schultz, diversional therapy director, and Jennifer Cole, assistant diversional therapy director; in front is Maureen Elson, Iron County Rise Up Indivisible volunteer.

Crystal Falls — The Iron County Medical Care Facility in July received a NexTrex bench that will be placed in the Birch Courtyard, where residents and families can use it while visiting.

The bench donation is made possible by the recycled plastic film project in Iron County. Crystal Fresh Market in Crystal Falls partnered with their distributor, NexTrex and two local non-profit organizations to qualify for benches.

Iron County Rise Up Indivisible and Iron County Watershed process the data and do the paperwork to earn a bench for more than 1,000 pounds of plastic film collected in a 12-month period.

Iron County residents support this recycling project by bringing their recyclable plastic film to Crystal Fresh Market to be bundled and shipped to NexTrex. Plastic film items include bread bags, plastic grocery bags, shipping bags, ice bags, cereal bags and more.