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Council clarifies curbside recycling requirement to match each hauler’s trash schedule
Summary
An ordinance amendment would move recycling-frequency language from the code’s definitions into operative text so recycling pickup must match a hauler’s trash schedule (weekly/biweekly/monthly); committee discussed hauler concerns and future options, including single-hauler models.
Mount Vernon staff and council members debated a code amendment to make clear that recycling pickup frequency must match the schedule a waste hauler provides for trash collection, reducing confusion and closing a loophole that some smaller haulers were reportedly exploiting.
Under the proposed change, if a resident receives weekly trash service,…
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