Historic St. Charles was a downtown district without any public recycle containers - until Wednesday, when 37 bins were placed on Main Street and in Frenchtown.
The bins were purchased with grant money from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District. The city received the $15,000 grant from the district in 2008. Funds for the grant program come from a surcharge on waste disposed of in sanitary and demolition landfills.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Changes In Trash Services for St. Charles Residents
Trash pickup for St. Charles residents will go to once a week next year but the price will drop under a new contract with Allied Waste.
The cost per household will drop to $14.48 a month from the current $18.03 charge. Items to be recycled will continue to be picked up once a week.
The three-year contract allows increases of 5 percent a year in 2010 and 2011.A city committee chose Allied over the only other bidder, FWCD, a partnership of Fred Weber Inc. and Christian Environmental Services. Allied, formerly known as Midwest Waste, has collected St. Charles' trash since 1995.
Plans call for Allied to provide new carts for recyclables of either 65 gallons or 35 gallons, depending on the resident's choice. Those will replace smaller recycling bins distributed in the past.
The city also will require multi-family buildings to begin using Allied under the new contract after their current arrangements with other haulers expire. No freedom of choice here.
The cost per household will drop to $14.48 a month from the current $18.03 charge. Items to be recycled will continue to be picked up once a week.
The three-year contract allows increases of 5 percent a year in 2010 and 2011.A city committee chose Allied over the only other bidder, FWCD, a partnership of Fred Weber Inc. and Christian Environmental Services. Allied, formerly known as Midwest Waste, has collected St. Charles' trash since 1995.
Plans call for Allied to provide new carts for recyclables of either 65 gallons or 35 gallons, depending on the resident's choice. Those will replace smaller recycling bins distributed in the past.
The city also will require multi-family buildings to begin using Allied under the new contract after their current arrangements with other haulers expire. No freedom of choice here.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
St. Charles Council Considering Plan for Trash Hauling
The county's unincorporated areas would be split into trash collection districts each served by only one waste hauler under a proposal discussed Monday by the St. Charles County Council.
Council Chairman Dan Foust made the proposal after getting complaints from constituents about "the nuisance" of trucks from competing companies plying the same streets, especially in the St. Charles Hills neighborhood.
Under the current free-market system, Foust said, "You could have five trucks in the same day picking up trash" from different homes in the same subdivision. "There's no consistency for trash pickup times," said Foust, R-6th District. Foust added that street pavement deteriorates more quickly when multiple trucks make regular runs. Under his proposal, various companies would submit bids to the county to be selected as the single hauler in a district. He said he'd be willing to exempt outlying semi-rural areas.
Eleven companies have permits to operate anywhere in the county's unincorporated areas. A hauling district plan begun recently by St. Louis County for its unincorporated territory has caused a political ruckus. Some residents are upset that they no longer can choose between rival firms and have raised other issues.
Foust, who has yet to outline details of his plan, got support from Councilwoman Cheryl Hibbeler, D-1st District. However, Councilman Joe Brazil, R-2nd District, said he'd prefer simply requiring waste haulers to offer collection of recyclables. "You're eliminating competition," Brazil said of the district idea. "I don't think government needs to get involved in trying to regulate that."
Council members asked County Executive Steve Ehlmann's administration to prepare alternative legislation setting up hauling districts or just requiring firms to offer recycling collection. Ehlmann has yet to take a position on either.
In 2002, the council and the previous executive, Joe Ortwerth, decided to require haulers in the most populous unincorporated areas to offer curbside collection of recyclable items. But the county backed off after haulers announced higher-than-expected customer fees for recyclable pickups.
Council Chairman Dan Foust made the proposal after getting complaints from constituents about "the nuisance" of trucks from competing companies plying the same streets, especially in the St. Charles Hills neighborhood.
Under the current free-market system, Foust said, "You could have five trucks in the same day picking up trash" from different homes in the same subdivision. "There's no consistency for trash pickup times," said Foust, R-6th District. Foust added that street pavement deteriorates more quickly when multiple trucks make regular runs. Under his proposal, various companies would submit bids to the county to be selected as the single hauler in a district. He said he'd be willing to exempt outlying semi-rural areas.
Eleven companies have permits to operate anywhere in the county's unincorporated areas. A hauling district plan begun recently by St. Louis County for its unincorporated territory has caused a political ruckus. Some residents are upset that they no longer can choose between rival firms and have raised other issues.
Foust, who has yet to outline details of his plan, got support from Councilwoman Cheryl Hibbeler, D-1st District. However, Councilman Joe Brazil, R-2nd District, said he'd prefer simply requiring waste haulers to offer collection of recyclables. "You're eliminating competition," Brazil said of the district idea. "I don't think government needs to get involved in trying to regulate that."
Council members asked County Executive Steve Ehlmann's administration to prepare alternative legislation setting up hauling districts or just requiring firms to offer recycling collection. Ehlmann has yet to take a position on either.
In 2002, the council and the previous executive, Joe Ortwerth, decided to require haulers in the most populous unincorporated areas to offer curbside collection of recyclable items. But the county backed off after haulers announced higher-than-expected customer fees for recyclable pickups.
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