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Columbus outlines phase‑1 plan for recycling expansion after multifamily pilot; city to start with municipal facilities
Summary
City staff reviewed a 2021 multifamily recycling pilot and outlined a phased, 5–7 year plan to expand recycling access citywide. Phase 1 will focus on implementing recycling in city facilities, staff training, and continued stakeholder engagement before expanding to private multifamily properties.
Columbus City Council committee members heard a presentation on the city's multifamily recycling pilot and a proposed phased plan to expand recycling access across the city.
Desu (Dessue) Oshodi, refuse operations coordinator in the Department of Public Service, reviewed a six‑month 2021 pilot that targeted about 10,000 multifamily units through 38 participating complexes and used front‑load containers, cameras, and resident education to measure diversion and contamination. "Year to date, [we] collected about 1,200 tons of recyclable materials from 2022 up until last week," Oshodi said, summarizing program results and operational lessons.
Why it matters: The city aims to reduce landfill demand and increase diversion to meet climate and waste‑reduction goals. City staff said roughly 76% of material currently going to the Franklin County landfill is…
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