AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s been six months since Austin Resource Recovery changed its bulk trash pick-up rules. The service previously operated on a pre-determined biannual schedule.
Austin’s bulk trash, brush curbside collection service switching to on-demand format next year
Now, it’s on demand and people can schedule collections in advance.
Each service address will be able to schedule up to three collections per service every calendar year, and collections will reset at the beginning of the next year.
People identify which items they set out for collection and ARR sends out the appropriate vehicles and crews.
How is it going?
The department told KXAN it has seen an overall decrease in bulk weight for items going to landfills and an increase in recycled material…