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Dear Friends and Neighbors:
Solid Waste Management Department will Resume Standard Recycling Collection Schedule Today:
Starting Monday, February 4, 2019, the collection of residential recycling returns to its regular collection day. Residents should place their green cart (Recycling) at the curb along with their black cart (Garbage) on their routine service day, ensuring that they are at least 3 feet apart.
Recent delays have been caused
largely by a lack of trucks, a lack of drivers, and a lack of mechanics at the Solid Waste Management Department ("SWM").
To fix this issue, Council approved the purchase of 69 new vehicles for SWM, which will be delivered this summer. Also, a couple of weeks ago Council approved two agenda items: one item was to hire an outside company for recycling collection services (they will come in and assist the city with its recycling services, picking up 10 recycling routes from the city), and another item was to rent several solid waste trucks, which will supplement the city's fleet until the new trucks arrive this summer.
SWM appreciates the patience and goodwill of customers as it has had to make schedule modifications to deal with personnel and equipment challenges.
As a reminder, your solid waste collection schedule can be found
here
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