Waste collection delayed due to Hurricane Milton
Press release from Alachua County
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Due to the potential for high winds from Hurricane Milton, all Alachua County Solid Waste & Resource Recovery facilities and operations will not be open to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 9, or Thursday, Oct. 10. This includes the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station, the rural collection centers, the Hazardous Waste Collection Center, and the administrative offices.
Residential waste collection services including garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulky items will not be conducted on these days. These services are expected to resume on Friday, Oct.11 as shown below:
- Wednesday’s routes will be collected on Friday
- Thursday’s routes will be collection on Saturday
Regular collection schedules should resume the following week.
The County’s disaster debris collection contractors will continue collecting debris from Hurricane Helene until it is no longer safe to do so. They will resume collections after Hurricane Milton passes.
Please bring any waste containers or items that you have placed curbside away from the street and secure them so they will not be scattered by the wind or otherwise become a hazard. For the large portion of the community who have not yet had their yard debris from Hurricane Helene collected, that material can be brought to the Leveda Brown Environmental Park or the five rural collection centers free of charge in advance of Hurricane Milton.
If the County could focus on services to the taxpayers instead of politics they may start coming up with solutions , not creating problems and wasting money. The yard waste issue is not going away and yes storms add to the amount of debris , but we should at least get weekly service of some sort. I have seen big debris choppers used and wood waste being loaded directly into a truck on the spot. What a novel idea. It drastically reduces the volume of waste , which would reduce trips to dispose of waste. Who knows maybe they could recycle it as mulch. I don’t think Gainesville’s tree burner can use anything that practical. If they required our yard waste vendor to do this as part of their contract , yard waste collection would be back on schedule. Or use some of their slush fund property buying money and hire a private vendor. Good grief , it’s not rocket science. Problem solving is just above the intellectual abilities of the existing Woke , Political misfits currently in office.
100%. I’ll add that the Wednesday closure is also just another poor decision to add to your list of incompetence.
Is the County using a Social Justice metric on when to pickup the yard debris? I really hope so!