Bristol's new bins make their debut next week

The economy may be on hold, but the trash must go on

By Christy Nadalin
Posted 3/27/20

Bristol’s new trash pickup plan launches this Monday, March 30.

By now, all residents, and businesses that requested and purchased them, should have received their new trash and recycling …

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Bristol's new bins make their debut next week

The economy may be on hold, but the trash must go on

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Bristol’s new trash pickup plan launches this Monday, March 30.

By now, all residents, and businesses that requested and purchased them, should have received their new trash and recycling bins, which have been delivered throughout town over the last couple of weeks.

Each delivery came with a plastic bag taped inside one of the receptacles, with information on how to use the new system.

• The 65-gallon bins are green for trash and blue for recycling.

• Trash pickup days remain the same and, as before, recycling will be collected on the same day as your trash.

• Place bins out the night before collection or no later than 7 a.m. on your scheduled collection day.

• Bins should be placed within 3 feet of the roadway with a few feet of space between trash and recycling bins.

• Make sure your bins are accessible to crews, and do not place behind trees, mailboxes, lampposts or parked cars.

Though the new pickup system is designed to be operated by one town employee, until the kinks are worked out they will be sending trucks out with teams of two on board.

Public Works Director Kevin McBride asks residents to please hold on to existing green and blue recycling bins, as DPW is working with Rhode Island Resource Recovery to develop a collection and recycling program for those bins, once this program is successfully launched. Likewise, he asks that residents please not send existing garbage cans to the landfill. Mr. McBride suggests labeling your garbage can “yard waste” and using in place of paper yard waste bags.

“If there is a need for it, we will look into a plastic recycling plan, similar to the one being developed for the recycling bins, for the trash cans,” he said.

If any residents have questions, visit the Bristol town website at Bristolri.us or contact DPW at 401/254-4100.

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