Commission to push landlord outreach, promotes Recycle Coach while city weighs new recycling bin policy

Members of the New Brunswick Environmental Commission agreed Sept. 20 to draft materials for property owners and managers to improve recycling and property‑maintenance practices while city staff continue reviewing a county proposal on standardized 95‑gallon recycling bins.

The commission tasked Glenn (commission member) and Jamie (commission member) to assemble content that could be inserted into the city’s rent‑control packet and distributed to landlords and management companies, with the explicit goal of getting recycling guidance directly into the hands of occupants and owners. Erin, a city staff member, urged the commission to promote the Recycle Coach smartphone app as a way to deliver schedules, item‑by‑item guidance and emergency alerts to residents.

Why it matters: commissioners said better distribution of simple recycling instructions could reduce illegal dumping and curbside overflow that leads to stormwater pollution and litter. The city’s eventual decision about replacing curbside containers with county‑sized, wheeled 95‑gallon carts will affect storage and handling for single‑family homes, multi‑unit buildings and…