LOCKPORT —
Modern Disposal Service picked up more than 8 tons of recyclable materials from city dwellers in the first two days of its new service.
According to Dawn Timm, the city’s refuse and recycling adviser, Modern crews picked up 4.74 tons of recyclables from half of the properties on the Monday collection route, in the 3rd and 1st Wards, and 3.45 tons from half of the properties on the Tuesday collection route, mostly in the 1st and 5th Wards.
Recyclables are being collected every other week, so half a route is collected at a time.
The first tonnage numbers were a good sign, in Mayor Michael Tucker’s eyes. He said he made a point of driving the streets on the Monday route late Sunday, to see whether people were making use of their new recycling and refuse carts, and was relieved to note it looked like most were.
“Just like that, it flipped,” he said of the overnight change to private from public hauling service. The sight of cart-lined streets “is a cool thing to see. ... I am pleasantly surprised by the number of people who are using their recycling carts already. I think some people were hanging onto their recyclables, waiting for the day. It’s finally here.”
Tucker said he heard a few compliments from property owners Monday afternoon, reporting the new collection program had gone off without a hitch in their neighborhood.
The refuse hotline phone at City Hall is still ringing off the hook, however. Property owners on the Friday collection route still haven’t received their carts, and a lot of the calls coming in are inquiries regarding when those carts will finally be delivered. Likely before Friday, Tucker said.
Calls also are coming in from property owners who want larger or smaller refuse carts than they ordered; some complained they didn’t receive the size or number that they ordered, and in those cases, changeouts are being made promptly, Tucker said.
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Monday trash collection in Lockport looked a little different Monday as crews picked up trash and recycling using a semi-automated truck. The new carts distributed last week are being used this week for the first time. Crews are still distributing the carts to residents with pickups later in the week. Modern Corporation recycling driver, Justin Stoelting, collects a recycling cart along the Monday route on Niagara St. Joe Eberle/US&J
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Monday trash collection in Lockport looked a little different Monday as crews picked up trash and recycling using a semi-automated truck. The new carts distributed last week are being used this week for the first time. Crews are still distributing the carts to residents with pickups later in the week. Joe Eberle/US&J
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A pink fundraising garbage cart stands next to a recycling cart. Joe Eberle/US&J
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Monday trash collection along Niagara St. is well organized with the use of the newly distributed carts. Joe Eberle/US&J
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