Politics & Government
Garbage Collection to Change Thanksgiving Week in New Rochelle
The one-week trial will measure the public's reaction to once-a-week refuse pickup.
The city has modified the schedule for garbage pickup for the week of Thanksgiving.
City Manager Charles Strome III said there were contractual reasons for the change.
He said the supervisors are now in a different union than the sanitation workers, with the result being having to pay double time for some holidays.
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"Actually, this will be a good measure to determine how once a week garbage might be perceived by the public," Strome said.
One suggestion posed by a city-authorize sanitation study was cutting refuse collection to once a week.
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The schedule for the week of November 23 is as follows:
- Monday Nov. 25 — North End Garbage/Trash (no change)
- Tuesday Nov. 26 — South End Garbage/Trash (no change)
- Wednesday Nov. 27— Paper Recycling CITYWIDE
- Thursday Nov. 28 — HOLIDAY- NO PICKUP
- Friday Nov. 29 — HOLIDAY- NO PICKUP
Strome said there will be publicity and robo-calls to make the public aware of the change.
"Hopefully, we won't have a whole lot of garbage out on Thursday and Friday," he said.
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