STARKVILLE — Thousands of Starkville residents soon will have a convenient method of disposing of household garbage while helping to save the environment, according to Ward 3 Alderman Eric Parker.
Crews with the Starkville Sanitation Department beginning Oct. 7 will be collecting certain types of recyclable material from single-family residences across the city.
The program will operate much the same as the city’s curbside garbage pickup services, and recyclable pickup will occur twice each month.
“We already give out black trash bags to residents, but we have begun giving out green trash bags as well,” Parker, chairman of the city’s solid waste and recycling committee, explained. “Residents just put all their recyclables into that green bag, and the Sanitation Department will pick them up twice a month.”
The program is free, and is open to all Starkville residents who currently receive city curbside garbage pickup.
However, residents must sign up for the program at the Starkville Sanitation Department on Curry Street from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or at the Starkville Community Market on South Lafayette Street from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturdays.
When signing up, residents must show a photo identification and proof of residency, such as a city electric or water bill, Parker explained.
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