For now, only addresses with alleys, where trash is normally picked up in the alley will be getting these cans. Addresses that have curb-side street trash pick up will not.

Well I know that is not a true statement. All of Westbrook got cans and they put there recycling on the street.

From the City's website...the first phase of the program is (supposedly) directed toward areas with alley trash pickup...

Following a rigorous process involving municipalities throughout the southeast, Richmond has been selected as one of four cities to partner with Curbside Value Partnership (CVP) during a first of its kind private/public recycling agreement, called CVP’s The Recycling Partnership. The program will help the City move forward with plans to collect recycling in alleys in neighborhoods where trash is picked up in alleys. Currently recycling is limited to curbside pick-up.

Under the terms of the Richmond agreement, the City will receive nearly $560,000. Of that amount, $350,000 will be used to purchase the 95-gallon recycling carts, each equipped with a radio frequency identification device (RFID) tag tracking mechanism; another $210,000 will go toward an expanded community outreach/education campaign and the implementation of a six month phase-in program to begin alley collection at approximately 6,000 homes. The plan is to expand the program city-wide by the end of 2015.

The City is working locally with Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA) and TFC Recycling to facilitate the phase-in program. CVWMA currently provides the recycling contract service with TFC, which collects curbside recyclables citywide.

Residents in the targeted phase-in areas will begin receiving carts and educational information about the program and how it works on January 16. As the program rolls out, residents will receive information ahead of the program coming to their neighborhood.

My trash IS picked up in my alley.... Hopefully the CITY will reply to my issue instead.

My trash is picked up in the alley too, and I have not received a can. I live a half block from an area that has the cans. Although I am jealous, I believe that there were areas selected to receive cans early for a pilot project that will determine how to best transition us from street collection to alley collection. This may not be the answer that makes everyone happy, but hopefully it's a logical explanation. I have heard that the rest of us will get the new cans in the summer.

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