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Curb service: most U.S. cities retain curbside collection service despite the municipal budget pressures they face.(20 Largest Curbside Programs)
Recycling advocates have watched with dismay as large cities facing budget cuts have scaled back or, in a few cases, eliminated curbside recycling programs in recent years.
When several such program cuts occur in a short time period, it can certainly create an impression that curbside recycling is entering a declining phase.
Overall numbers determining the health of curbside recycling can be difficult to monitor, as villages, cities, counties and the haulers that serve them do not report their activities monthly to a central database.
What a brief survey of solid waste and recycling officials in America's largest cit les has found is that most ...
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