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August 15, 2012

Days to change for trash pickup

Derrick Miller The Duncan Banner

DUNCAN — Trash collection on Wednesdays and Saturdays will be going away, but all Duncan residents will maintain a twice a week pick-up schedule.

During Tuesday’s regular meeting, the Duncan City Council approved this change at the request of Waste Connections. Waste Connections District Manager Brad Edwards was in attendance to explain the request and answer questions the councilmen may have.

“We want to get everything standardized,” Edwards said. “It would give everyone the same level of service.”

Edwards said the Wednesday/Saturday route would be divided among the Monday/Thursday and the Tuesday/Friday routes.

He said this would also help to balance the number of stops on each route.

Waste Connections is looking to initiate the route schedule change as early as Sept. 1. Homes with changing collections days will be notified with a note stickered to their polycart.

Marlow and Comanche have already made the change.

Both municipalities are teamed with the City of Duncan in the South Central Oklahoma Environmental Authority (SCOEA), which is a trust among the three cities as they work with Waste Connections.

Edwards said there are several positive things about changing reducing the number of routes.

For instance, this would mean there wouldn’t be any trash trucks in residential neighborhoods during the weekend.

It would also give Waste Connections an additional time free if a pick-up day landed on a holiday.

He said people request for additional pick-up when they lose a day because of a holiday.

But Waste Connections is unable to do anything about it because the employees are unable to work on Sundays.

Edwards said customers have been out of luck until the next pick-up day.

With Wednesdays and Saturdays free, this could help alleviate the loss of a collection day.

“There are a lot of problems this will solve,” he said.

There will be no impact on the monthly bulk pick-up. Those days will stay intact, as designated by Waste Connections.

Councilman Tommy Edwards, who represents Duncan on the SCOEA board, said this item has been discussed during board meetings and looks to be a positive things for everyone involved.

The councilman Edwards said it’s important for everyone keep in mind they will continue to have two days of trash collection.

The only thing changing is the days some resident trash is picked up.

“Everyone will get the same amount of pick-up service,” he said.

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