WEST GLACIER (AP) -- Employees of Glacier National Park attractions are talking trash about a recycling drive that, they say, dupes tourists into believing they're helping to cut down on the park's garbage.

Aluminum cans and other materials placed in recycle bins at Lake McDonald Lodge are hauled to a landfill along with the rest of the park's refuse, Glacier Park Inc. employees complained at a park hearing last month.

Aaron Mitchell and Monica Latham testified that nothing changed after they and others complained to their supervisors.

''I don't know what's happening over there," said GPI President Cindy Ognjanov. ''But I tell you what, I'm going to find out. We're not insensitive to these issues, and if that's what's happening, it's directly against our company policies. I'm appalled, and I'm going to go over there and fix it."

One employee, who did not give his name for fear of losing his job, said co-workers were so disturbed by the sham recycling bins that they saved cans in their rooms and closets. He said they would periodically take a collection to pay an off-duty employee to take the cans to a Columbia Falls recycler. Since then, the employee said management has prohibited employees from keeping the cans.

The experience left him with advice for Glacier visitors.

''Take it out with you and recycle it in town," he said.

He said GPI does pick up cans from a bin outside the camp store and cardboard for recycling in Browning.