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Curbside recycling appears to be on its way back to Surprise after more than three years without it.
City Manager Bob Wingenroth told the Surprise City Council Feb. 21 that Public Works Director Kristin Tytler will be coming in front of council at an upcoming meeting to unveil details on recycling’s curbside return.
Wingenroth said it likely will be reimplemented in a phased approach.
“It will allow us to implement recycling, while ensuring a successful and responsible program,” Wingenroth told the Council.
The city first introduced curbside recycling to some neighborhoods in 2004 before phasing it in throughout the city’s service area.
However, in 2019 items in blue cans started going to landfill along with other trash when worldwide recycling market conditions changed.
The city then announced the suspension of the program shortly thereafter and alerted residents that items in both blue and black trash cans would be taken to the landfill.
Jason Stone can be reached at jstone@iniusa.org. We’d like to invite our readers to submit their civil comments, pro or con, on this issue. Email AZOpinions@iniusa.org.
Former NAU Lumberjack who loves going to concerts (or I did), watching sports (or I did) and hanging out with friends (oh, never mind). I also enjoy backgammon, surfing and men who are not afraid to cry.
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