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Memphis solid waste director details services, contractor rules, fees and organics plan
Summary
Philip Davis, director of the Solid Waste Division, told the Memphis City Council podcast that the division runs about 180,000 weekly residential collection stops, provides weekly recycling, and offers bulk-waste pickup twice monthly of up to 10 cubic yards.
Ford Canale, chairman of the Memphis City Council, opened the Council Connect podcast episode by introducing Philip Davis, director of the city's Solid Waste Division, and asking for an overview of the division's services.
Philip Davis said the division employs roughly 640 people and services about 180,000 residential stops weekly, providing weekly garbage and recycling collection, cart maintenance, bulk-waste pickup twice per month and dead-animal collection. "We have about a 180,000 residential stops that we service weekly," Davis said.
Davis described the bulk-waste allowance as up to 10 cubic yards twice per month (about three full-size pickup truckloads), and noted the program also permits pickup of up to four tires on bulk collection days. He said the city also operates two drop-off centers for bulky items at 304…
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