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Solid Waste plans expansion of household hazardous-waste hours, advances MRF design and deploys in-truck tablets
Summary
Solid Waste staff reported FY26 budget items including success expanding household hazardous-waste (HHW) facility hours, progress on material-recovery facility (MRF) design, a pilot tablet rollout for collection trucks, fleet and staffing updates, and a proposed fee increase for small multifamily developments.
Mesa Solid Waste Department leaders updated the City Council April 17 on the department's proposed FY2026 budget, operations and longer-term materials-management planning.
Director Sherry Collins said the department expanded hours at the household hazardous-waste (HHW) facility at 2412 North Center Street to 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; that change launched in July and staff reported higher usage during the new midday hours, with January 2025 the busiest month on record for the facility. Collins said the HHW site also hosts a swap shop for usable donated materials and that the facility helps keep hazardous…
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