Trash Pick Up in Bowie May Drop to Once a Week

Bowie residents are doing such a great job filling up their 65-gallon recycling containers that they may no longer need twice weekly trash pick-up, according to an article in The Gazette.

After introducing those larger containers to 40 percent of its residents in 2009, the city saw a 236-ton increase in recycling in the fourth quarter of 2011, The Gazette reported. City officials plan on distributing new containers to the rest of residents, and Public Works Director Jim Henrikson told The Gazette he expects to see an additional 590 tons of recycling per quarter when that project is complete.

The Gazette reports that reducing trash pick-up in Bowie to just once a week could save the city as much as $5 million a year.

Read the full story here on The Gazette.