Dive summary:
- Residents in Richland, Penn. voted not to extend the township-provided curbside recycling contract, leaving residents to figure out their own recycling hauler next spring.
- Pennsylvania requires larger cities such as Richland to recycle but has been reducing recycling grants in the last few years, making the city run recycling program unaffordable.
- After residents continually failed to voice their opinions on the matter, the city decide to let customers work on their own instead of raising taxes to cover the three-quarters of a million dollars needed to continue service.
From the article:
Beginning next spring, Richland residents will have to find their own haulers to collect their recycling.
On Monday, township supervisors voted not to extend the current township-provided residential curbside recycling program beyond its contract expiration in April.
Instead, residents will be required to contract with their own providers.
Richland is implementing the change because the cost of running the township program has become too expensive since the state has been reducing recycling grants to municipalities. ...
