Organics Collection Pilot Program
The City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW) announces a one-year pilot program to study the impact of a residential collection program for food and yard waste. The pilot study zone will target a limited number of households that include the Bay View, East Side, and Riverwest neighborhoods (see attached map).
Residents in these neighborhoods living in single-, two-, and multi-family homes (up to four units) are eligible to participate in this pilot study.
For more information on the pilot program, and to see if you are eligible to participate:
Participating households will receive a 65-gallon cart for food and yard waste, which will be collected every other week December 2016 through March 2017, and collected every week April through November 2017. Collection will occur at the resident’s usual garbage/recycling collection point – curb or alley.
Residents who volunteer for the pilot program will pay a $12.75 per month fee during the pilot period for this additional collection service. Participants will be billed on a quarterly basis. They also will receive a starter kit that includes a kitchen caddy, a supply of compostable plastic bags, an acceptable compost materials guide, and coupons from area stores and restaurants.
This pilot program is voluntary – residents are not required to participate. When 100 households sign up for the program, it will move forward. If there is sufficient demand, the program will accept up to 500 total households.
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