Baltimore City is going to decrease trash pick-up an increase recycling city wide beginning June 13, 2009. The new One Plus One program means that each neighborhood will now have one trash pick-up and one recycling pick-up each week, which is great news for heavy recyclers like myself. I’m hoping the move will encourage my neighbors to recycle more as well. In Lauraville our new days are Wednesday: Trash and Friday: Recycle
Here’s a press release from the city:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 22, 2009
One PLUS ONE is Coming Soon!
Sanitation collection schedules; items to be picked up
Will change starting Monday, July 13, 2009
Public Works Director David E. Scott, P.E., reminds citizens that major changes in trash and recycling collections will take effect starting Monday, July 13, 2009. “This is going to be the biggest change to sanitation collection to take place in Baltimore City in nearly 50 years. This is a challenge to us and to the citizens of Baltimore to make this transition as smooth as possible.”
After Monday, July 13, the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Solid Waste, will begin picking up trash once a week and recycling once a week. Residents will then be limited to setting out three 32-gallon cans of waste on their trash collection day (96 gallons) but they may continue to set out an unlimited amount of recycling on their recycling collection day.
After Monday, July 13th, trash and recycling will be picked up Tuesday through Friday. There will be no trash collection in Baltimore city on Monday, July 13, 2009! Under the new schedule, if a holiday occurs during the week, Saturday will be the automatic make up day. There will be one point of collection for trash and recycling. Residents should set out their recycling where they now set out their trash.
Residents will be able to set out trashcans no later than 6 a.m. and set out waste the night before as long as it’s in a can with a tight-fitting lid. Using trashcans with tight-fitting lids has always been required by law in Baltimore City.
Postcards with the new days of service will be mailed to every address in Baltimore City. Residents can also call 311 or go to baltimorecity.gov or cleanergreenerbaltimore.org to learn their new days of service.
Contact:
Celeste Amato Robert Murrow
Telephone: 410-545-6541 Telephone: 410-545-6189
email: Celeste.Amato@baltimorecity.gov email: Robert.Murrow@baltimorecity.gov
For more inforamation visit the Department of Public Works website or the Cleaner Greener Baltimore website for your specific recycling days.
