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Plainview solid waste official reports staffing strain, recycling gains and equipment upgrades
Summary
At a City Council meeting, Brock Lively of the Solid Waste Department reviewed last year’s collection totals, recycling results and equipment and staffing changes, saying the landfill still has decades of capacity while the department continues recruitment and training efforts.
Brock Lively, a representative of Plainview’s Solid Waste Department, told the City Council that the department expanded several services last year but continues to struggle with staffing shortages.
Lively said the city collects roughly 2,410 residential “round boxes” once a week and operates separate routes for apartments and high‑traffic areas. He said the city now has about 370 blue public recycling boxes and 70 public access dumpsters, and that a recent grant added 100 new dumpsters to the fleet.
The update outlined landfill, recycling and equipment figures: the city accepted about 33,460 tons of municipal solid waste and 7,512 tons of construction and demolition…
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