DeWitt, N.Y. — One Onondaga County town is resisting a switch to automated trash and recycling collection, a decision that has created confusion and prompted officials to walk back an initial solution.
DeWitt residents got a letter Dec. 31 with the news that come March 1, the town’s hauler would no longer collect recyclables from a traditional blue bin.
Instead, town residents must do it themselves, the letter said. They must buy their own bin, with a lid. The letter also contained a sticker meant to designate the bin for recycling…