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City staff recommends switch to weekly single‑cart recycling; proposal would raise residential bills but lower long‑term costs
Summary
Consultants and staff presented a solid-waste rate study recommending a move from curb-sort recycling to a single-cart weekly recycling service; the plan would require new trucks and carts, an initial capital outlay and proposed rate increases in 2026 and 2027 to cover costs while increasing diversion.
Peter Nierngarten, the city's environmental director, and consultants presented a solid‑waste cost-of-service study that recommends replacing curb-sort recycling with a weekly, single-cart (all-in-one) collection system to improve diversion, worker safety and long-term financial sustainability.
The recommendation would require up-front capital to buy carts and at least six new automated collection trucks; staff estimated a multiyear capital program concentrated in 2026 as trucks and carts are deployed. Consultants said the single-cart weekly model is expected to roughly double captured recyclables versus the current program, reduce worker injuries, lower ongoing…
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