Big Changes to Solid Waste Services Begin Today
Over 43,000 households will see big changes to their garbage and recycling pickup services beginning today. From this point forward all recycling pickup service will be from the blue rolling carts, not the small green bins. Many residents will see their garbage and yard trash schedules change, as routing for these services was altered in many neighborhoods.
Large cardstock notices were recently distributed in each zone, however the information is also online. The City of Raleigh has a fantastic service called Find My Service. Simply enter your address in the blank in the column on the right, and the resulting page returns the address’ school district, garbage collection zone, athletic district, and much more. Links to schedules for waste pickup are available from that site, too.
The introduction of 115,000 giant plastic containers for the purpose of recycling seems like a joke in-and-of-itself. However with the larger bins the city will reduce routing by only collecting recycling waste every other week. Residents can dispose of their green recycling bins in their new blue bins. Be sure that the dark green garbage bin and the blue recycling bin have at least 5’ of space around each. Do not Siamese twin these bins as it will add considerable time to the collectors’ routes.
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September 4th, 2013 at 9:10 am
Why is adding a decent sized recycling bin a joke? We regularly overfilled our stupid little green bin and now fill the larger wheeled recycling bin well before the garbage bin.
September 4th, 2013 at 9:20 am
Because that’s a HELL of a lot of plastic…that will still be around in 500 years.
September 6th, 2013 at 1:28 pm
I’ve been using the blue bin for months. I agree that I fill it up quicker than my main garbage can.
October 16th, 2013 at 4:18 pm
I wonder if your Raleigh bins will carry the same embossed warnings as those in Cary: “Do not leave [bin] near road or driveway.” Uh, isn’t that where the collection occurs?