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Liberty considers offering curbside recycling service

February 16, 2007|BRENDA S. EDWARDS

LIBERTY - A curbside recycling service for the city could help save money on tipping fees to haul garbage to a landfill.

Mayor Steve Sweeney suggested Wednesday night the City Council have a work session in March to discuss this and other problems concerning garbage disposal.

If the council goes along with the recycling proposal, curbside service could begin as early as April 1, Sweeney said.

He suggested recyclable plastics, magazines and newspapers be placed in plastic boxes on the curb to be picked up the same day as other garbage. The boxes will cost $4 each and be distributed to each household.

If the plan is approved, Sweeney said the city can save money because magazines and newspapers are heavier, which increases the cost of dumping in the landfill.

Sweeney also suggested doing away with the Dumpsters in the city parking lot where people from outside the city limits illegally dump their garbage. He also urges local businesses to closely monitor their Dumpsters where people also put garbage. This will help the city from raising its garbage rates, the mayor said.

The date of the work session to discuss garbage and other topics will be announced later.

In an unrelated matter, Sweeney told the council one document remains to be signed to get moving on the sewer expansion project along East Ky. 70 and U.S. 127. The project should be bid in a month or two after the document is obtained, he said.

Construction will start about 30 days after the contract is awarded.

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