SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): The City of Fort Collins, CO has begun its new residential trash and recycling program effective today. The new program will cover approximately 35,500 households.
Communities gain a great deal from the program since it offers more opportunity for collecting. Weekly recycling and a seasonal weekly yard trimming collection are included. By cutting back on the number of collection trucks, the program aims to improve safety while lowering pollution and noise levels. Additionally, the new program has clear and uniform pricing.
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Republic Services has been appointed by the City as the hauler under contract for a five-year term. Before the program's official introduction, Republic Services gave citizens access to over 100,000 City-branded carts. Additionally, the business purchased eighteen natural gas-powered collection trucks to be used in the Fort Collins region.
The residents can select from five trash cart sizes- XS, S, M, L and XL. The XS cart service offers collection every two weeks. All others offers weekly trash service, a weekly recycling collection, seasonal weekly yard trimmings collection in April-November and collection of two eligible bulky items per year for no additional cost. The households will be billed every quarter.