City of Peoria issued the following announcement on Oct. 26.
Information Pertaining to Program Changes Will Be Tied To the Handle of All Trash Carts
Based on feedback from residents, the City of Peoria will be introducing updates to the trash, recycling, and yard waste programs which will start in January 2019.
To prepare for the updated program, the City first needs to ensure that all households have a trash cart, in addition to identifying the location of all of its carts. Each household will also receive a bag of information on the new trash, recycling, and yard waste program. Ensuring every household has a trash cart improves collection service, as well as improves public health, by keeping litter off of the streets.
To get started, all City of Peoria trash carts will be getting a tag added to the cart to identify it with a unique serial number. Existing serial numbers on trash carts have not been previously associated with an address.
The new serial numbers will be placed on trash carts during the weeks of October 1, 8, 15, and 22. The City of Peoria is requesting that each resident sets out their trash carts on their regular collection day until 5:00 p.m. This will ensure that all trash carts get a new serial number, even if trash collection is not needed that week.
During those weeks, a crew from Rehrig Pacific, the City of Peoria’s trash cart manufacturer, will stop at each residential home in Peoria on the regular trash collection day to attach the tag to the trash cart. Once attached, they will use a scanner to connect the serial number to the residential address.
The serial number sticker will never be connected to a homeowner or renter’s name, personal information, weight or contents of the trash cart, or anything other than the residential address. The scanner will not take any pictures of the trash cart or surrounding areas, and the crew will not be coming by until after trash is collected, so they will not be able to see any contents of the trash cart. The serial number will also help the City of Peoria manage the trash cart inventory.
Rehrig Pacific will tie a bag of informational materials on the handle. This will indicate that the trash cart has received a new serial number and residents no longer need to keep their trash cart out until 5:00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS ONLY FOR TRASH CARTS.
Updates to the trash collection program, as well as recycling and yard waste, will go into effect January 1, 2019. The public will receive more information later this fall.
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