Weather, holidays delayed pickup process, second wave for stragglers starts next week.
If there are blue recycling bins still taking up space on your sidewalk in east Woonsocket, today could be the day you've been waiting for - Michael Debroisse, Solid Waste Department superintendent says they're getting collected today. After delays caused by weather and the holidays Coastal Recycling of North Smithfield began collecting the bins again yesterday and is scheduled to finish up today. The city is selling the blue bins, about 10,000 of them, to Cumberland for a total of $148,000. The green bins the city still has can now be used for all the city's recycling thanks to the state's new single stream recycling program. Debroisse counseled patience with the process. "Usually when carts are delivered to a property they stay there…
The bins will be emptied and left for Coastal Recycling Monday. Recycling will now be contained in only the green bins.
Kiss those blue bins good-bye — the city's solid waste contractor, Waste Management, will collect recycling from them a final time Monday. The city is selling the blue bins, about 10,000 of them, to Cumberland for a total of $148,000, said Michael Debroisse, Solid Waste Department superintendent. Waste Management will set the empty bins in front of local homes to be picked up by Coastal Recycling of North Smithfield, said Debroisse. He stressed people should not be concerned when the blue bins are gone - the green bins the city still has can now be used for all the city's recycling thanks to the state's new single stream recycling program. This summer, a group of young volunteers helped put stickers on some of the city's green bins …
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russell archambault
10:04 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
drove through the city today, in every area, counted over a hundred blue bins.This whole thing has become a joke ! more ›