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Goldsboro staff to tighten enforcement of yard‑waste rules; council asks ordinance review
Summary
Public works staff briefed council on yard‑waste volumes, compost capacity and ordinance limits; staff proposed stopping pickup of commercial/contractor loads and asked council to review ordinance language and funding; council directed staff to return with specific ordinance changes and a communications plan.
A lengthy briefing on Nov. 3 by Goldsboro’s sanitation director laid out current yard‑waste operations, recent increases in collected tonnage and recommended next steps, prompting council to ask staff to return with proposed ordinance refinements and public outreach.
Staff said recent monthly tonnages reached roughly 1.4 million pounds (about 600–700 tons) and that the city’s compost facility is at capacity; equipment failures earlier in the year had strained operations but the larger challenge is…
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