"recycled." They could not provide a count on the number of bins delivered.While the trash services provided under the county's program initiated last year are working satisfactorily, there are more than 300 subdivisions who opted out of the program mainly due to the politics involved. The result has been at least two lawsuits - still in the courts - with threat of more to come.
When major changes are initiated, there's a certain element of people who just accept the change. But there are others who say they just "smell a rat." That seems to be the case with the County's trash program. Some things just don't seem to mesh.
One concern is that no local trash 
companies were selected to provide services to county residents. Is this a big problem today? Could it be a big problem tomorrow? Many say yes and voted to keep their business with the local providers.
It's been estimated St. Louis County has spent into the millions of dollars in manpower, supplies, travel, printing, postage and more in getting the program off the ground . . . and it's not there yet.
