Posted at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, October 18, 2005
City cancels curbside recycling
By Robbie Dingeman
Advertiser Staff Writer
Hannemann said he tried to make the program work that he inherited from former Mayor Jeremy Harris. He said he thought the main hurdle was union resistance to the plan. But he worked out differences with the United Public Workers and found more problems delaying the plan.
After looking at the legal challenges by the three companies that submitted bids in May for curbside recycling made him abandon the plan for the foreseeable future.
He said he hopes the blue bins can be used for expanded green waste pick-up and maybe newspaper collection but officials haven't worked out the details.
"Is this the end for curbside recycling? Absolutely not," Hannemann said. But he didn't think it made sense to keep telling people that the program would be ready to start soon, when he saw the legal challenges delaying the start at least until 2006.
