Looks like curbside recycling in Austin is getting a lot easier thanks to success from a pilot program using 60-gallon recycling carts and not requiring sorting! Soon, instead of the small blue bins required for recycling pick-up, 90-gallon trash-like carts will be used. They will be distinguishable by their blue lids and recycling will be collected every-other week. Fill ‘em up because you will no longer be required to sort your #1&2 plastic and cans from paper and corrugated cardboard, and new items will be accepted including non-corrugated cardboard and a wider range of plastic materials.
The goal of this new program is to increase citizen participation in Austin’s Solid Waste Services Recycling by making recycling easier and more convenient.
Links:
News 8 Austin Coverage
Austin’s Solid Waste Services
All-in-One Pilot Program
Aria Schoenfelt McIntosh
BridgeOne Properties & Corias Homes, Inc.
ariaschoenfelt.com
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