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Residential & commercial refuse & recycling collectionPublic Works - Public Service |
Through a combination of contracted and in-house collection, Public Works provides once (1) per week collection of residential areas, and seven (7) day per week collection of downtown/uptown commercial/residential areas. The total number of potential weekly stops is approximately 15,200, of which approximately 2,800 stops are related to the seven (7) day per week collection areas (400 potential stops per day).
Tons of mixed recycling once again increased in Fiscal Year
2016, rising from 3,612.6 in FY16 to 3,666.5 in FY17. This increase is part of a
larger trend in increased recycling rates over recent years. The rate bump from
2014 to 2015 coincides with the provision of recycling carts.