Refuse, recycling collection change to start in May
Official hopes system increases green efforts
Bayside — If the Village Board approves the 2010 budget as proposed, village staff can purchase two garbage collection trucks and 3,400 refuse and recycling carts for a switch to an automated collection system this spring.
A truck with mechanical arms will lift and dump the containers and return them to the end of driveways starting May 3.
It will be a departure from the current collection system in a number of ways. All residents will be given two 96-gallon wheeled carts sometime in April. They will be color-coded: black for refuse, green for recycling. Residents currently have a 10-gallon recycling bin.
Also, collections will be made at the curb instead of outside the garage.
Residents who want the garage-side service will be able to continue it, but the village will charge them annually a cost dependent upon the number of people using the service. If 25 percent of village homes request the garage-side service, the cost would be $26.67 per month.
The village will exempt residents who have medical conditions preventing them from moving the carts from the requirement and extra cost if they provide a doctor's excuse.
Village Manager Andy Pederson said the three current village garbage trucks are long past their projected life of seven to 12 years. One is 22 years old, the others, 14.
In addition, the garage-side service requires the use of scooters to collect the refuse and return it to the trucks in the street.
Pederson said the current practice of having public works employees do the collections with the new system is projected to save at least $127,000 annually after the first year.
The total cost for the new garbage trucks, which are used vehicles being purchased from two other communities, is $251,000. The carts will cost another $165,342.
Pederson said when the village went to single-stream recycling in 2008, residents increased their recycling by almost 100 tons. He believes the new system with its larger carts also will increase the volume of materials being recycled. Every ton that is recycled does not go to a landfill and reduces the village's tipping fee at the landfill.
The village will provide more information on the transition as the May 3 date nears.
- Mary Buckley
Next step
WHAT: public hearing on proposed 2010 village budget
WHEN: 6 p.m. Nov. 19
WHERE: Village Hall, 9075 N. Regent Road
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