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Containers coming June 14 – June 21

Trucks came though my neighborhood today, dropping off the new containers at each house.

Deliveries will continue through the week of June 21, 2010. 

All “eligible” residences will get the containers.  So I assume many condos and multi-family homes in Franklin with private collection will not participate in the new system. 

Two containers – black top and yellow top

You get two identical containers. 

Each has a 65-gallon capacity.  No overflow items left outside the containers will be picked up; there are 33 gallon overflow bags for sale at the Franklin DPW.

One container is for trash and has a black top. 

  The other container is for recyclables and has a yellow top.

Containers belong to town

The containers belong to the town but it looks like you are responsible for maintenance. 

Seemingly, loss or damage to the containers are the responsibility of each household.

Let’s hope this system increases recycling and saves the town money!

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One container for trash, one for recyclables

Called “single-stream recycling and automated trash pick-up,” the service uses two separate automation-compatible “toters.”  One toter is for trash disposal only.  The other toter allows town residents to combine all recyclable materials (cans/bottles and paper/cardboard) into that one container.

Each Franklin home will get only one recycling toter and one trash disposal toter.  The two containers will the only ones allowed in the new program.

Automated trucks will do pick-up

A special truck with an automated arm designed for use with the toters will handle street-side pick-up. The arm seizes, lifts, empties and return the toters to the street curb.

Bulky items cost extra?

In other MA communities that have adopted single-stream automated trash pick-up, residents’ old trash barrels and recycling bins were allowed to be recycled via a special pickup or drop-off program implemented by the municipality.

Bulky items that do not fit into the disposal toter may be assessed an additional disposal fee ($25 in some other MA communities). 

This new program should save Franklin residents money and make recycling easier, so this is a change for the better!

(Note that the photos contained in this post do not represent the containers and the trucks that will be used in Franklin, MA’s program.)

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