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Focus on Waste & Recycling
More and more cities and towns are making the switch to automated trash collection and doing so for a variety of reasons—current price decreases and labor issues among them. Some trash collection is performed by city employees while others are contracted out.
$172,101
Switching to automated trash collection will save Bangor, Maine, an estimated $172,101 over five years due to the contractor reducing labor costs
Read more about cities switching to automated trash collection on page 20.
$41 million
Yerington, Nev., is undertaking a massive $41 million water and wastewater project to update pipes that date back to the 1900s.
Learn more about this project on page 32.
$2 million
Lincoln Neb.’s, new two-year, $2.2 million contract with Husker Refuse will save the city about $2 million. The contract will see that 7,500-some tons of recyclables, which residents drop off each year, will be collected.
Source: https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall-more-roundabouts-recycling-savings-and-shopping-center-improvements/article_3748cdfe-c3fb5803-8a07-b1467226e77d.html
13 of 60
Eagan, Minn., has removed trash bins from 13 of its 60 parks to reduce costs. These selected parks are smaller neighborhood parks.
Find out more about Eagan’s “Pack In, Pack Out” policy on page 36.
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In Georgia, two Milton High
School students brought free glass recycling to Bell Memorial
Park in Milton. Ella Katekovich and Jeslyn Guo contacted companies that collected and recycled glass to find viable options for Milton.
Source: https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/north_fulton/two-miltonteens-bring-glass-recycling-to-the-city/article_26da28f8-cac1-11eb-ac0a-5770165e3b05.html
6,000 pounds
Approximately 130 volunteers cleared 6,000 pounds of garbage and yard waste from public space in the city of Pierre, S.D.
Source: https://drgnews.com/2021/06/17/ pierre-go-green-and-clean-campaign-picks-up-6000-pounds-of-garbage/
