The Department is researching alternative ways to offer the program City-wide and City Council is reviewing various options. Visit the Recycling Programs Section of this Website for ideas and assistance. Automated Refuse Collection facilitates safer and more efficient collection of residential trash. Standard sized and shaped-trash containers are distributed to households which are easily grasped by a hydraulic arm on the automated trucks that dump the trash into an overhead compartment. Not only does automated collection reduce driver injuries associated with regular trash collection, but it increases the efficiency of refuse collection.
Smaller containers are also available on request.
Since the automated program is based on improving productivity, maximum savings are achieved when a single container suitable for a household's particular needs is selected. Consider using them to store your recyclables if you do not yet have curbside recycling, before taking the materials to any number of recycling centers . For areas that have curbside greenery collection, the cans can be used for storing and setting out yard waste for collection. Also consider using the cans to hold dog food, mulch or fertilizer. The program has not expanded City-wide because funding has not been available.