Town Switching to One-Bin Recycling Program This Fall
Residents will begin using a 96-gallon recycling bin instead of two 14-gallon bins starting this fall.
Leaves aren't the only thing changing this autumn in North Kingstown. The town will begin to roll out new recycling services to align with the state’s one-bin recycling program. Residents will be parting with their 14-gallon blue and green bins and saying hello to one 96-gallon bin. All recyclables (from paper to cardboard to cans to bottles) will now all go in one bin that will be picked up every other week. The new 96-gallon bins cost $75 whereas their predecessors, the 14-gallon totes, cost $6. Though the town is covering the cost of purchasing one cart for each participating household, residents can purchase additional carts for $75. Though more than 8,500 of these larger bins are being ordered through the town’s new curbside recycling…
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9:00 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
It would be good to find out if we they will provide a way to recycle the current bins. Will they be accepted at the NK transfer station? more ›