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Indianapolis begins exchange of trash carts as LRS takes over; curbside recycling planned for 2028
Summary
City officials and the Department of Public Works described an ongoing switch to a new trash vendor, LRS, and outlined how residents should exchange carts, upcoming leaf-collection rules and a multi‑year plan to expand curbside recycling.
Indianapolis Department of Public Works officials and city outreach staff told attendees at a neighborhood meeting that the city began delivering new trash carts on Oct. 6 as part of a transition to vendor LRS and that several related recycling changes will follow.
The change affects households served by city-contracted solid-waste districts. Natalie Grandoggan, director of community outreach for the city, said the city affixed step‑by‑step instructions to each new cart rather than mailing notices because “people toss mailers” and the city wanted residents to get information when the cart arrived. Grandoggan told the meeting: “I would say put it out, at the street on your next pickup day, and leave it out until it gets picked up.”
Why this matters: the swap changes how old carts are collected, alters subscription recycling invoices this winter and commits the city to a curbside recycling rollout in 2028 that will expand recycling access beyond drop‑off sites.
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