Ypsilanti residents will be receiving new trash cans from the city in an effort to standardize trash collection.
Ypsilanti is one of the last communities in Washtenaw County to transition away from residents providing their own cans to city-issued ones.
Bonnie Wessler is Ypsilanti’s Public Works Manager. She says the design of the 96-gallon cans will reduce littering due to their weight. She says the city is hoping to curb residents from setting out plastic bags and light trash cans that will blow open with a strong breeze…