The cardboard and plastic recycling containers currently located on Tenth & Elm will be move one block north to Tenth & Locust. The new location is a city-owned parking lot so we will be able to avoid any leasing fees for the land.
These containers are part of the SBD's Solid Waste District -- a program designed to reduced trash collection fees by replacing individual dumpsters with shared compactors. Because of this program, rates are generally lower downtown than in the rest of the city. In fact, while the commercial trash rates outside downtown have gone up 60% over the last three years, SWD rates have not changed.
The containers will be in their new location by Friday, December 4.
