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Infrastructure Committee to shift city trash pickups to four-day schedule, plans route overhaul
Summary
Infrastructure Committee staff said the city intends to move from a five-day to a four-day trash collection schedule in early February, affecting about 96,000 of 144,000 customers, consolidating haulers and estimating at least $3.8 million in annual contracted-cost savings while rolling out a broad public outreach plan.
The Infrastructure Committee heard Tuesday that city staff plan to move municipal trash collection from a five-day to a four-day schedule (Tuesday–Friday) early next year, a change officials said would simplify holiday schedules, allow a major route redesign and reduce costs.
Matt Purvis, identified in the meeting as the council liaison for National Waste Services, told committee members the change is aimed at reducing holiday confusion and enabling a route modernization that will cut redundant travel, lower operational wear and tear, and give the city greater control over service delivery.…
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