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Refuse commissioner proposes drop-off recycling sites, stronger enforcement on illegal dumping
Summary
Refuse Commissioner Ricky Breidenfeld told the committee he wants to replace many alley recycling dumpsters with staffed drop-off sites, expand targeted collection routes, and pursue stronger enforcement including seizing vehicles used for repeated illegal dumping.
Refuse Commissioner Ricky Breidenfeld told the Budget & Public Employees Committee he proposed shifting from alley recycling dumpsters to a network of centralized drop-off sites and using freed driver capacity to improve alley trash pickup and illegal-dumping response.
"Sixty percent of what we collect in recyclables has got to go to landfill anyway," Breidenfeld said, arguing contamination and single-stream curbside behavior make many alley recycling dumpsters ineffective.
What the department proposed
- Recycling drop-off sites: Breidenfeld said the city currently has about 30 drop-off sites and he would add 15 to 20 more to fill geographic gaps. He told the committee the plan would let 1 or 2 drivers pick up recyclables at those sites daily and free roughly 20 drivers…
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