SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): The city Auditor’s office has warned that lack of adequate staff, aging fleet of trucks and want of proper planning tend to threaten Denver’s recycling and composting expansion slated to launch within a couple of months.
According to Auditor Tim O’Brien, the vacancy rate for drivers in trash and recycling hauling is expected to double next year with the change of service from twice-a-month to weekly. The planned expansion next year would be a significant burden, without adequate staffing, the statement alongside audit results cited.
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Meantime, the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure reiterated its commitment to proceed with the changes despite the highlighted issues. It noted that the general public and community leaders have been demanding the change for several years. A department spokesperson admitted that rollout of the program would be challenging, but it won’t let the challenges to deter them from implementing the recycling and composting overhaul as planned before.
It must be noted that Denver voters had approved expansion of mandatory recycling to include more apartment buildings, with more than 70% voting in favour.
However, opponents of the waste overhaul called for a postponement of the program at least for a few months.