Box Elder News Journal's Podcast

Brigham City ends green waste pickup, keeps recycling with higher fee


Listen Later

Brigham City will stop collecting yard clippings at the curb after Oct. 31, eliminating a 13-year-old curbside yard-waste program. Known locally as the “green can” service, it used distinct green cans designated for compostable waste. In the same vote Thursday, the city council agreed to keep the blue-can recycling service for an- other year but raised its fee to a month. Brigham Public Works Director Tyler Pugsley told the council the city’s compost facility already receives enough material without driving a separate truck to 1,500 green cans each week. He added that most of the green cans’ contents end...

Article Link

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Box Elder News Journal's PodcastBy Box Elder News Journal