Raleigh may put tighter time limits on curbside garbage

Raleigh, N.C. — Raleigh City Council members on Tuesday approved a proposal that would limit the amount of time residents can leave their garbage on the curb for pickup.

Current regulations allow garbage bins, recycling containers and yard waste to be placed at the curb between noon the day before the collection and 7 a.m. the day of collection. Those bins, or any uncollected waste, must be removed by 7 p.m. the day after collection.

Under the revision, residents would place carts at the curb no earlier than sundown the day before collection, and collect them by sunrise on the day after collection.

City officials said attached dwellings with more than five units must use private collection services and would no longer qualify for city pickup under the new rules. They also plan to ask for money to hire additional solid waste code enforcement officers next year.

The city currently has two code enforcement officers responsible for container violations. Greensboro and Durham have three each, city leaders said.

The changes do not take effect until council votes to accept them.

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You all give me a big chuckle. The only way these rules are going to be enforced is if someone blows the whistle on you. Don't be jer ks and upset your neighbors and you'll be able to put your trash out whenever you like....

jcthai
November 21, 2012 7:18 p.m.

whatelseisnew, ah, I see you are still at it. You might try to take some correspondence courses in basic intelligence. The bins are dark. It's dark at night. They are hard to see. My grief is with the garbagemen. Why the heck can't they put the bins back up on the curb where they got them?

jcthai
November 21, 2012 7:16 p.m.

er, Skywatch. Speaking of turkeys, that's sunrise the day AFTER the day of collection. Get it? AFTER? NEXT?

jcthai
November 21, 2012 7:14 p.m.

"I would like to see more enforcement of littering in Moore Square and the surrounding area. Our beautiful parks have been taken over by vagrants and the Church People feeding them. Today there were bagels thrown out along the sidewalks in addition to the usual other Styrofoam and beer cans. - Lovey"

Don't forget the homeless population that lives in the bushes along the I-440 West on ramp at the Wake Forest Road exit.

ConservativeVoter
November 21, 2012 6:41 p.m.

I would like to see more enforcement of littering in Moore Square and the surrounding area. Our beautiful parks have been taken over by vagrants and the Church People feeding them. Today there were bagels thrown out along the sidewalks in addition to the usual other Styrofoam and beer cans.