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City highlights curbside recycling gains, explores more e‑waste options and weighs storm‑water utility
Summary
Public Works outlined large increases in curbside recycling since universal carts were deployed and proposed options for more frequent e‑waste collection; staff also presented a preliminary analysis of a possible storm‑water utility and the legal and financial issues to study further.
Public Works Director Mike Moore reported a dramatic increase in curbside recycling volume after the May contract started and the distribution of about 40,000 blue carts. Moore said annual spring collection events still gather large electronics — this year about 36 tons at the DPW event — but residents often set items at the curb or in blue carts between events and such items can be routed to refuse rather than recycling.
Moore outlined near‑term options to handle more e‑waste: additional annual or semiannual collection events, a drop‑box program at city sites for smaller electronics, worked…
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