You Ask, Patch Answers: Is New Recycling Pickup a Two-Man Operation?
We answer one reader's query about the number of workers on recycling pickup trucks.
The new curbside recycling program has now been in effect in North Kingstown for nearly one month. The new program shifts residents from the green and blue, two-bin system to a single, 96-gallon bin picked up every other week began Dec. 1. These new bins are supposed to be picked up by an automatic system, instead of being manually picked up. To help further cut costs, only one person is needed to operate the truck. But, one reader noticed that when the new contractors arrived to pick up his recycling, there were two workers on the truck instead of one. Was there a change in contract? What is this costing North Kingstown's taxpayers? According to Public Works Director Phil Bergeron, one of the two trucks servicing North Kingstown was …
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raven ciccone
11:00 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
If there's a critter that is able to open the lid of that bin if I put a rock on it, I have bigger problems than recycling. I have missed a week in the summer for various reasons and have never had bugs. Has anyone asked what we can do if the bins get full? I'd think if it we have too much from Xmas we will have room in future weeks. We really need to calm down about all this. We have to recycle … more ›