Outdated City is altering the way it collects its trash
Outdated City residents can anticipate to obtain bigger trash bins and weekly recycling pickup as a part of an improved curbside program launching in October.
Pine Tree Waste, which is a part of Casella Waste Methods, gives 64-gallon recycling bins to residents now and providers them each different week, Casella spokesperson Jeff Weld stated. That may shift to 96-gallon bins and recycling on a weekly foundation to accommodate town’s recycling program, which has grown over the previous decade, he stated.
“They [residents] have frequently maintained the best recycling charge of all our curbside assortment communities in Penobscot County,” he stated, estimating the speed is about 25 %.
The adjustments are a part of a brand new five-year contract with Pine Tree Waste, which can price town $415,000 for the primary 12 months. It means Outdated City will be part of cities reminiscent of Bangor in implementing a curbside system designed to higher serve the wants of residents and be safer for these amassing trash.
Residents may even discover a change in how their trash is collected. An “automated aspect load” system, involving an arm connected to the truck that lifts the bins and empties them, will likely be used. Bangor has relied on this methodology of trash assortment for 3 years, and it’s the solely place in Penobscot County that does it, Weld stated.
It’s safer, extra environment friendly and it retains streets trying cleaner in contrast with conventional trash assortment the place a employee rides on the again of the truck, he stated.
There are security issues related to that, notably icy and slippery climate situations and when employees are round different autos that will not be paying consideration. There’s additionally the chance of damage from manually loading 20,000 kilos of fabric a day into the again of a truck, Weld stated.
Outdated City’s Metropolis Council agreed to the contract throughout its assembly Monday, although residents aren’t prone to see adjustments till early October as a result of the plastic trash bins should be ordered and delivered.
Residents would proceed utilizing inexperienced pay-as-you-throw trash luggage and transferring bins to the curbside previous to 7 a.m., and trash assortment will stay weekly, Weld stated. Waste and recycling will likely be picked up collectively, although some residents might even see this occur on a distinct day of the week than they’re used to.
These adjustments will likely be communicated to them by means of a postcard mailer in addition to a web-based map that includes color-coded assortment days, Weld stated.
Casella has supplied curbside waste and recycling pickup to Outdated City for greater than 15 years. For greater than a decade, residents have participated in a pay-as-you-throw program. They had been ready to make use of their very own containers of varied sizes for trash, Weld stated.
The 64-gallon recycling bins had been launched in Outdated City within the fall of 2014 in an effort to get extra residents to take part in Casella’s recycling program, he stated.
