After one year under a new residential trash service contract with Republic Services, the city of Fort Collins is reporting progress on the goals the program was meant to achieve and on resolving issues with service.
The number of missed pickups that weren’t resolved has dropped, more residents are participating and the proportion of waste going to the landfill is down.
But more work remains to be done to tackle operational issues, and the public’s perception of the program is still a mixed bag, city staff acknowledge…