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Board of Public Works approves $300,000 payment to ease city trash‑cart transition
Summary
The Board of Public Works approved an amendment to contract 21593 on Oct. 8 authorizing a one‑time $300,000 payment to Lakeshore Recycling Systems to help cover costs of removing existing vendor carts and servicing newly deployed city‑branded carts during October–December 2025.
The Indianapolis Board of Public Works on Oct. 8 approved an amendment to city‑county contract 21593 that provides a one‑time payment of $300,000 to Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) to help defray costs of cart removal and servicing during the citywide rollout of new, city‑branded trash carts.
The amendment covers additional costs LRS will incur while deploying new carts to roughly 155,000 households in vendor‑collected districts and picking up existing carts that were branded and owned by incumbent haulers. Sam Barris, speaking for the Department of Public Works (DPW), said the payment was intended to make the transition “go as smoothly as possible.”
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