Wheeled Carts, Lost Jobs: Automated Trash-Collection Approved
Hillsborough County commissioners voted to institute automated garbage and recyclables collection for all its residential customers starting October 2013. The county will provide wheeled carts for automated emptying.
Commissioners voted unanimously to abandon the way residential garbage has been collected in the Carrollwood-Northdale area for nearly 17 years in favor of an automated system that saves money using wheeled carts instead of human labor. At a special workshop Jan. 10, the commissioners ruled in favor of the so-called “2-1-1 Automated Service” for the more than 250,000 households in unincorporated Hillsborough County. The City of Tampa already contracts for automated residential garbage and recyclables collection. What stays the same: What changes in October: “The current residential solid-waste collection contracts, which have been in place for nearly 17 years, expire Sept. 30, “ according to a county news report. Bids in the fall were …
jrose
8:48 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
It's not always about the money. Can't the County find additional funds elsewhere instead of putting people out of work? more ›