New recycling contract negotiated

The city negotiated a new 3-year recycling contract with Town and Country Disposal that would allow for weekly pickup of recyclables. It was forecast that the pickup would be halted to every other week because of this year’s budget cuts. Recyclables were picked up in the past by the Deffenbaugh company, but the company increased their price by 25% this year, and the city just couldn’t afford to do curbside recycling pickup every week at that price. So they negotiated with another company with a lower bid. The city will continue to pickup recycling and trash in the city’s core, with the north and south now using Town and Country Disposal. Not much will change, the new company will still pick up plastic items with labels 1 through 7, but still will not accept glass. Read the ordinance in full 090309
Stay tuned for a complete post about recycling, where and how to do it in KC, even if you do not have curbside pickup. Exciting!