About 60,000 of Dallas’ 240,000 households are currently putting out their recycling blue bins once a week instead of once every two weeks. Right now, this recycling schedule applies to single-family homes north of the Trinity River and west of Central Expressway.
Another 40,000 will begin once-a-week recycling in February 2010, including the vast majority of single-family residences in our neighborhood (the 40,000 homes include residents of councilmen Jerry Allen’s, Angela Hunt’s and Sheffie Kadane’s districts). This means trash pickup will decrease to once-a-week service instead of twice a week.
Once-a-week recycling is the more environmentally friendly option, but it also saves the city money (both because the garbage trucks drive the streets less often and because residents tend to recycle more with once-a-week recycling, which means more revenue for the city). In light of the city’s recent budget shortfall, Nix says it’s possible the city council could switch to once-a-week service for all Dallas residents in 2010.
