AUCKLAND — As the city grapples with illegal dumping of junk on its streets, a waste management company that contracts with Auckland is expanding the ways reusers can remove large amounts of trash for free, and has launched a new program. will start next week.
Beginning November 15, all Oakland residents are welcome to bring their large items to the Davis Street Resource Recovery Complex in San Leandro free of charge or make an appointment to collect large items with Alameda County Waste Management. can be scheduled. “Bulk pickup”—on the curb near my home.
Until now, Auckland renters of apartments and houses had to schedule a pickup through their property manager or landlord. Now, according to Waste Management, tenants can schedule their own pickups.
“Allowing apartment residents to book directly is a game changer for this program. We provide fairness and inclusiveness in a program that is always easy for users to use.
According to Waste Management spokesman Paul Rosynsky, each household is provided with one free street pick-up and one dump each year, for a total of two ways to get rid of bulky junk. A second curbside pickup can be scheduled free of charge if you have already used the drop-off option and if your waste management schedule allows.
After that, street pickups within a year will cost $98.02 each.
According to Waste Management, each curbside pickup or self-haul drop-off can contain up to 4 cubic yards of “bulky” items such as furniture, scrap metal, small appliances, cardboard, and additional landscape trimmings .
Curbside pickup is also permitted to drop items larger than 4 cubic yards, such as tires, carpets, mattresses or box spring sets, appliances, televisions, and electronics.
Last week, a report reviewed by the city council prepared by staff from Auckland’s Department of Public Works found illegal dumping of trash on the streets “more prevalent than ever,” despite the city stepping up its efforts to clean up. I am.”
According to the report, the city’s illegal dumping division, which responds to illegally dumped goods take-back requests, completed 35,855 service requests during the last fiscal year, which ended in July. “We are hiring additional staff to expand our capacity to mitigate the city’s illegal dumping and epidemic challenges,” the department said.
Waste Management schedules reservations in order of request, but demand is highest when renters are likely to move, so the company says it schedules apartment pickups for the last week of each month.
The company has no scheduled pickups from December 27th through January 14th.
The Davis Street Resource Recovery Complex at 2615 Davis St. will deliver up to 50 junk items on weekdays and up to 100 items on Saturdays.
Auckland residents can call 1-888-WM-Bulky to schedule an appointment for drop-off or curbside pickup. For more information on the new program, visit OaklandRecycles.com/bulky.
