The move will save residents currently subscribing with GFL Environmental for curbside recycling service about $17 from their $57 annual fee if universal curbside recycling is implemented. Yard and lawn waste collection on a seasonal basis in approved paper bags or 95-gallon wheeled cart purchased by the residence owner from the service provider.Universal curbside recycling from a 64-gallon wheeled cart.Curbside collection of refuse from a 95-gallon wheeled cart.For seniors over 67 year of age and disabled residents that cannot move carts to the curb, the company offers an assistance program for $180 per year. Priority Waste is also funding a $75,000 community education program in the implementation phase to help transition residents on the use of carts and best practices for recycling. A comprehensive information campaign that covers new refuse removal processes and procedures will be rolled out to all residents beginning in January 2024. The grant will support the city’s universal curbside recycling program, allowing for expanded recycling for every resident, improved infrastructure and increased educational efforts to promote recycling among residents.Įach resident will receive a trash cart and a recycling cart in 2024. The Recycling Partnership is a nonprofit organization focused on improving recycling in communities across the United States. Sterling Heights was recently awarded a $664,000 Residential Curbside Recycling grant from The Recycling Partnership. Along with Priority Waste and GFL, Waste Management of Michigan and FCC Environmental Services were in the running. Officials said there is no rate reduction as the $23 million savings is not a savings from current pricing, but rather a savings compared to the next lowest bid that included the move to curbside recycling for every resident.įour companies submitted bid packages. Council members Michael Radtke and Deanna Koski, who supported a motion to delay a vote, were opposed. Voting in favor of the agreement were Taylor along with council members Maria Schmidt, Liz Sierawski, Henry Yanez and Barbara Ziarko.
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