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Council hears brush-pickup update; staff reports wide coverage and suggests Nashville Waste & Recycling app
Summary
Chair recommended the Nashville Waste & Recycling app to track brush collection after a winter storm; a city staff member reported contractors completed first-round pickups across roughly 5,600 lane miles and estimated about 1,400,000 cubic yards of debris collected.
The committee received updates on brush pickup and a city mobile app for tracking collection after a recent winter storm.
The chair recommended downloading the Nashville Waste & Recycling app, saying it helped track second-sweep dates after the storm and made scheduling clearer for residents.
A city staff member responsible for the cleanup told members contractors completed first-round pickups across much of the county, acknowledged a few small piles may have been missed during the initial pass and said crews are making a second sweep. The staff member said the program has “literally [been] able to show every address that's had pickup or not had pickup” and that they can provide tonnage by district.
On the scope of work, the staff member said crews have covered approximately 5,600 lane miles and estimated the volume collected at about 1,400,000 cubic yards, adding that some streets required multiple pickups because volumes were high.
Why it matters: The brush-collection effort affects residents' property recovery after storm damage and informs resource allocation and contractor planning across districts.
Next steps: Staff offered to provide district-level tonnage numbers to councilmembers on request; the chair adjourned the meeting afterward.
