We’ve been doing the recycling routine all wrong. We’ve been dumping stuff in those carts that can’t be recycled or for which markets have disappeared.
Look at what’s not there
Written January 12th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
What you don’t see here is the discarded Christmas tree that had been waiting on the verge for the past two trash days. It’s gone because Republic Services picked it up today, the regular trash pickup day in our neighborhood.
Meanwhile, at City Hall …
Written October 23rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Geese stopping in Bryant Park during their autumn migration had nothing to do with what the Albany City Council had on its agenda Monday, but they made for a better picture than parking issues and garbage rates.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council Canada geese, guest councilor, Republic Services, Scott Pierson
Tags: Albany council Canada geese, guest councilor, Republic Services, Scott Pierson
Weekly yard debris? Not in Albany
Written May 22nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
For the second time, the Albany City Council has rejected Republic Services’ proposal to collect yard debris weekly instead of every other week. The council majority didn’t think it was right to impose extra expense on people who don’t need the more frequent service, especially since customers can obtain a second yard waste cart now […]
Council to get yard debris request
Written May 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The question of starting weekly collections of yard waste will come up before the Albany City Council again this month. We’ll see whether carts overflowing with springtime clippings and storm debris prompt a different outcome now.
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Tags: Albany Sanitation, food waste, n composting, Republic Services, weekly yard debris
Tags: Albany Sanitation, food waste, n composting, Republic Services, weekly yard debris
Yard debris issue coming up again
Written April 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany Councilman Mike Sykes wants the council to revisit the idea of weekly rather than biweekly yard debris pickup, which it turned down last October. And he’ll get his wish.
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Paying more for recycling less
Trash pickup by Republic Services in Albany and much of the mid-valley will cost $2 more per month because of the trouble with recycling. And we’ll be able to recycle fewer kinds of things.
Tags: Albany recycling, Coffin Butte landfill, Republic Services