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May 10, 2008

Chattanooga re-visits Curbside Recycling

–From Chattanooga Times Free Press–

Chattanooga, TN - After the decision last year to scale back curbside recycling from weekly to monthly, Mayor Ron Littlefield said he wants the city to increase the service to twice-a-month pickup in a year.

The city will need to buy more environmentally friendly trucks for the expanded service, he said, and he plans in the upcoming capital budget to propose funding to buy the vehicles, although he acknowledged that he has no estimates on how much money will be needed.


“Just how we work our way into (twice-a-month pickup) is something that we have to plan for,” he said earlier this week.  Full article found here.

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