Thinking Outside the Can

THE WASTE TRUCK SALESMAN was dumbfounded. “I've never seen a city collect bulk waste every day,” he said. Apparently, he had never been to Hampton, Va., which has routinely been collecting ovens, refrigerators, sofas, mattresses, chairs, tree limbs and other bulk waste four days per week for more than a decade. “We collect bulk trash every regular collection day of every week,” says Peter Morley, superintendent of solid waste for the city Department of Public Works. Not all communities are as zealous about collecting bulky waste. But communities across the country have developed their own approach to collecting ...

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