In a “going green” move, many island homeowners will get to keep one blue recycling bin, but have to switch from another blue bin to gray and brown bins for household garbage and yard waste. But the way the mandatory change in garbage hauling contractors is being handled has some residents seeing red.
For its unincorporated areas, Indian River County terminated the garbage contract with Republic Services and signed a new 10-year deal with Waste Management (WM) that took effect Wednesday, Oct. 1.
All residents have to switch to WM and there are no opt-outs. The town of Indian River Shores joined the rest of the county, though residents in the cities of Vero Beach, Sebastian and Fellsmere and the Town of Orchid were not affected by the change and will continue with their present arrangements…