207 In North Escambia Get Recycling Cans…So Far

January 19, 2009

The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority continues to deliver recycling containers in North Escambia, with a couple of hundred delivered at last count.

Larry Walker, ECUA District 5 member, says that 207 cans were delivered on 78 roads in North Escambia as of January 13. Those are the latest numbers from Otto Container Management, the contract company in charge of delivering the containers.

Former Allied Waste customers in North Escambia can sign up for the free reycling container by calling 476-0480, emailing support@ecua.org, or downloading a signup form from ecua.org.

The new trash and recycling day for most former Allied Waste customers in North Escambia is Tuesday. A few former Allied customers east of Highway 29 and south of Kingsfield Road have Friday as their new pick-up day.

The collection service includes weekly garbage pickup, weekly pickup of recyclables, and weekly yard waste pickup. All services are provided on the same day of the week. In addition, bulky waste pickup service is available once each calendar month at no additional charge.

Trash pick-up in Century continues to be provided by Allied Waste under a contract with the town.

For complete information on the recycling program and ECUA service, click here (pdf).

Comments

One Response to “207 In North Escambia Get Recycling Cans…So Far”

  1. courious on January 20th, 2009 12:59 pm

    why are we going thru the trouble of separating our garbage to the recycle cans if they are going to be tossed into the same truck with the garbage?

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