BY SHELBIE HAMILTON
Looking ahead
Zooming out
About 130,000 trash and recycling carts have been picked up and replaced by new city-owned carts at residences across the city. The old carts are owned by Waste Connections and had to be replaced before the transition. “Getting the carts out there now helps … so you’re not dealing with multiple transitions at the same time,” Gillingham said. The new 95-gallon carts follow the national standards for color coding—gray for trash and blue for recycling. The new carts cost about $54 each, which totaled about $7 million, Gillingham said. The carts are also equipped with barcodes and radio frequency identi cation chips, which is a quality control measure that allows city sta to see if trash collection service has been performed. Jon Dell’Antonia, who serves as the president of the Stonebridge Ranch Community Association board of directors, said he has experienced delays in trash service in recent months. One of his carts is picked on the designated
Gillingham said while the transition is contributing to additional strain on Waste Connections, he does not expect Frontier Waste Solutions to experience the same sta ng challenges. Gregg said the company’s new trucks and equipment are attractive to quali ed drivers. Frontier Waste Solutions has begun to take over some collection routes, Gregg said, providing support to the city prior to the contractual start date. “Our allegiance is to the city, so if the city calls and says, ‘Hey, we need you,’ we’re going to do whatever we can to make sure we get the city taken care of,” Gregg said. Potential changes to collection schedules and routes could also be announced later this year. Gregg said he expects some realignment of unbalanced routes.
Trash and recycling carts were stored at McKinney ISD Stadium after being collected.
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trash day, he said, and the other is picked up the following day. He has also noticed similar delays in the surrounding area. “As of Oct. 1, I’ll be watching to see if both of my bins get picked up on the same day like they used to,” Dell’Antonia said of the upcoming transition. Representatives of Waste Connections did not reply to requests for comment.
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