The city of Dallas is changing its trash and recycling pickup routes in December to cut down on late and missed collections. The changes mean most customers...
The city is planning to add an extra day to weekly sanitation collections to address delayed and missed pick ups
He said he believes this is the biggest change to the city’s sanitation collection system since the frequency of garbage and recycling pickups was“As the city has grown, our routes haven’t really changed with it,” Council said. “We believe this will allow us to provide more timely weekly service for customers and a more fair and balanced workload for our staff.”
The city received more than 1,900 complaints of missed recycling pickups in August, the most of any month thus far in 2022.hire a new temporary labor agency to help collect recycling on timeCollections now occur on all weekdays except Wednesday. But workers also have to pick up garbage or recycling on Wednesdays or the weekends if there are any delays caused by equipment issues, not having enough workers or weather conditions, Council said.
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