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Pittsfield mayor outlines phased rollout of new trash-and-recycling toters and fields council questions
Summary
Mayor Peter Marchetti presented a phased rollout plan for new 48‑gallon recycling and upcoming trash toters, described outreach in multiple languages and metrics from phase one, and answered council concerns about deliveries, multifamily units and backyard pickup for disabled residents.
Mayor Peter Marchetti told the Pittsfield City Council on Oct. 8 that the city’s phased rollout of new trash and recycling toters began in mid‑September and is proceeding route by route, with trash-toter deliveries scheduled to begin Oct. 14.
"So phase 1 is a review of the delivery and pickup of the recyclable toters," Marchetti said, describing community meetings, multilingual materials and a public website with how‑to guides and request forms. He said recycling-toter delivery began “around September 10th” and that the city has been using postcard mailers, video, social media and broadcast outreach to support the change.
Marchetti and administrative staff provided several operational metrics and…
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