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Recycling Opt-In, Contamination and Cart Policy Top Waste Collection Review
Summary
Officials described a plan to re-educate residents about recycling, confirm a 2026 deadline to pull unused blue carts, and budget for leased vehicles and cart replacement; councilmembers asked for better outreach and clarifications on recycling costs and illegal-dump responses.
The Division of Waste Collection and Disposal reviewed its 2025 budget with council and described a two-part approach to stabilize and relaunch the recycling program.
Commissioner Terrell H. Pruett said recycling costs fluctuate with market conditions and the city budgeted roughly $120,000 annually for recycling processing; he also said contamination of recycling loads is down to about 14 percent but called for expanded outreach. Administration staff told…
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