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Oakland chooses Waste Pro for trash service; town to provide branded carts, move to once-weekly pickup
Summary
The Town of Oakland voted Oct. 22 to accept its solid-waste advisory committee's recommendation and select Waste Pro as the new trash contractor. The move changes curbside service to once a week and supplies town-branded 95- or 64-gallon carts; the contract is expected to take effect Feb. 1, 2025.
The Town of Oakland commission voted Oct. 22 to accept the Solid Waste Advisory Committee's recommendation and select Waste Pro as the town's new solid-waste contractor, formalizing a service change intended to limit rate increases while standardizing collection.
Ed Kolakowski, a member of the advisory committee, told commissioners the panel evaluated four proposals and recommended Waste Pro's “option 4,” which calls for once-weekly pickup of household waste, once-weekly recycling (Thursday) and once-weekly yard-waste collection (Wednesday). “We recommend Waste Pro as the new solid waste contractor based on their proposal,” Kolakowski said.
Staff said the current Waste Management contract ends Jan. 31, 2025, and the new contract would take effect Feb.…
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