Curbside Recycling Coming in 2008
 

Posted 09/19/07

At the September 18, 2007,  City Council Meeting, a Resolution was passed authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a 10-year agreement with Midland Davis Corporation for curbside recycling services in the amount of $2.56 per month, per household. The Midland Davis Corporation will purchase 16,000 48-gallon carts and two new semi-automated rear-loader trucks. The agreement, which will commence on March 30, 2008, stipulates for every-other-week single stream collection for each residence in Moline. Those residents currently receiving garbage collection will also receive the curbside recycling service. The $2.56 fee will appear on residents' quarterly water/sewer utility bill.

Items that would be picked up include newspapers, magazines, paper bags, telephone books, catalogs, office paper, junk mail, envelopes, corrugated cardboard, chipboard, paper frozen food packages, juice boxes, bulky cardboard, plastics numbered 1-7, formed steel containers, aluminum, tin/steel/bi-metal cans, or any other item characterized as recyclable with the exception of glass.  Glass recycling will continue to be available at one city drop-off site.

Moline generates 17,500 tons of trash annually, at a disposal cost of $264,000.  At a minimum, 25 percent of waste can be recycled through the implementation of a curbside recycling program.