City Moves Southside Communities to Grid Garbage Collection System
Households on the far south and southwest sides of Chicago that have not yet transitioned to the new grid garbage collection system, effective April 15, will have a change in their garbage pick-up day as the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation implement the seventh and final phase of the process.
Approximately 90,000 households in wards 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 21, and 34 are part of this final phase. The first seven phases were put in place throughout last year.
"By moving to a grid garbage collection system we will be able to continue to provide residents with the same high-quality garbage collection services while using fewer resources," said Commissioner Charles Williams, Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation via press release. "Residents may experience a change in their refuse collection day, but that will be the only change."
By using a grid garbage collection system, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation seeks to increase service efficiency and crew productivity.
A new colored map associated with the new grid system is now available. Residents should review the map to determine their day of service beginning the week of April 15, 2013.
However, in coordination with aldermanic offices and community groups, the City of Chicago will inform residents about the grid system and potential day of week service changes through targeted public outreach that includes media relations, direct-to-consumer outreach and social media engagement.
Widely used by municipalities and private refuse haulers, the grid system, changes collection routes from non-linear ward geography to a system of routes bordered by main streets and natural boundaries, concentrating sanitation workers in targeted areas of the city as a way to improve daily collection performance.
By utilizing what the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation refers to as more efficient routes, the plan provides the same weekly refuse services to Chicago residents while saving millions in operating costs.
Streets and Sanitation began Monday, finalizing preparations for the transition. Crews will post "Change in Garbage Service Day" notices to garbage carts to inform residents within the boundaries of their new day of service.
Notices will also inform residents who receive curbside blue cart recycling services that their recycling day of service will also change to the same day as their garbage pickup.
Residents who receive alley blue cart recycling services will maintain their same week of service, though their day of collection may change. Residents with alley blue cart services should leave their carts in the alley for their entire collection week to ensure service.
For more information about the grid garbage collection system and related service changes, residents are encouraged to visit the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation website at www.cityofchicago.org/dss, call 311 or contact your local ward office.
By Deborah Bayliss
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