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Council committee weighs data collection and next steps for new garbage sticker program
Summary
Public Works staff reported pickup volume down about 9% since the city implemented a paid bulk-trash sticker; council members urged more data and a cost analysis before deciding on further limits or bag caps.
City staff told the Board of City Development and Planning that the newly implemented garbage-sticker program is in operation and that trash pickups have decreased roughly 9 percent since the change. Staff said bulk items now require a sticker and that the program’s early results suggest fewer pickups of larger volumes.
“We're down about 9%. So I can I would attribute that to now that, you know, we are charging for bulk items,” a staff member said, adding the department would provide…
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