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Longview public works proposes new recycling pickup schedule, warns contaminated loads could cost more
Summary
Public Works Director Dwayne Archer told the City Council that the city will propose shifting recycling collection to the day after residents' normal trash pickup starting Nov. 3 to reduce contamination at the Kilgore MRF and avoid higher fees for contaminated loads.
Longview Public Works Director Dwayne Archer proposed the city change residential recycling pickup to the day after a household’s regular trash day and begin the new schedule Nov. 3 to reduce contamination in the city’s recycling stream.
Archer told the City Council that the city’s Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) partner in Kilgore charges a $75 per-ton tipping fee for acceptable loads but has proposed charging $150 per ton for contaminated loads, which has prompted the city to consider operational changes and a public outreach campaign.
The change would shift recycling pickup to the day after each home’s trash collection (trash trucks Monday–Thursday; recycling trucks Tuesday–Friday).…
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