Illinois expects to provide state help for many small communities that can't handle the task alone. Minnesota expects cities and counties to dispose of their own sandbags. Kevin Smith, spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, said the bags will be thrown away and uses will be found for the polluted sand. Obviously, it doesn't go into kids' sandboxes in the backyard,'' he said. At least some of the 400,000 sandbags in Davenport, Iowa, may end up in sandboxes, however.
Officials hope to recycle many others.
Some intact bags will be moved to help build up a levee in a flood-prone area of Davenport and the contents of others will be used as filler outside the city's compost facility. Copyright 2001, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Privacy Policy Registered site users, to edit your personal profile, click here .