The City of Pittsburg hopes to help resident’s trash concerns with the official launch of a city run trash service starting the week of Sept. 2nd. This comes after many residents have reported issues with services like CARDs Recycling & Waste Management (also known as CARDs) frequently not picking up trash while still charging customers. “We’ve stuck with (CARDs) until we get the Pittsburg one,” says one Pittsburg resident. “The city’s always been in trash. We’ve always been in the trash business. what we’re doing is just getting a little better equipment and assigning some personnel,” says Daron Hall, City Manager. “Because right now, when the trash doesn’t get picked up by one of the contractors who is supposed to pick it up, it ends up falling to the city.” The service is available for anyone within the city limits or who receives city water. The city last projected there have been around 800+ signups for the service so far. The city now has two trash trucks, hundreds of roll carts and dumpsters and a designated team. Hall says residents aren’t required to sign up for the city service, it’s just another option available. And because the trash service is supported entirely by its own fees, residents who aren’t signed up for trash pickup with the city aren’t paying for it in any way. Residents signed up for the city trash service will not be charged for September according to Hall. This is because the new team is learning the routes and the stops, and he hopes residents will be patient and understanding of any mistakes. Customers will receive their first bills in October.
Source: KOAM News
