Posted Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
HUNTINGTON – Huntington residents’ trash and recycling services will be provided by a new company under a partnership that takes effect the week of January 1, 2023.
The City of Huntington has contracted with GFL Environmental Inc. for trash and recycling collection through 2027. Current contracts for those services with WM and Republic Services expire at the end of this year.
“We are working hard with GFL to make this transition as smooth as possible,” said Adam Cuttriss, the city’s director of public works and engineering services.
All changes will go into effect the week of January 1. Here is what to expect:
- Virtually all Huntington households will keep the same trash collection day. (The Hidden Hamlets neighborhood north of Old U.S. 24 near Broadway Street will be the one area with a new collection day.)
- Recycling collection will continue on an alternating Week A and Week B cycle. But, recycling pickup will now fall on the same day of the week as trash pickup for all households.
- Starting January 1, residents living on one-way streets who have had to place their bins on the opposite side of the road for collection will no longer need to do so. GFL has equipment to collect trash and recycling bins from both sides of one-way streets.
Residents can verify their scheduled trash and recycling days and find guidelines, calendars and helpful maps at www.huntington.in.us/city/trashandrecycling.
GFL will begin distributing new trash and recycling bins to households throughout Huntington in mid-December. Once received, residents should store these bins on their property but continue using WM and Republic Services bins through their last collection days of December.
- Trash – Residents’ final WM trash collection day will be their regular pickup during the week of Monday, December 26, through Friday, December 30.
- Recycling – Residents’ final Republic Services collection day will be their regular pickup during the week of Monday, December 19 (Week B), or the week of Monday, December 26 (Week A).
After their final trash and recycling collection days, residents should leave empty WM and Republic Services bins at the curb for those companies to retrieve and begin using your new GFL bins. The first GFL trash and recycling collection days will be during the week of January 1. The first week of GFL service in Huntington will be a “B” week for recycling.
The City also will eliminate a $1.25 monthly processing fee in 2023. Combined with reduced monthly recycling charges and a small rise in monthly trash collection charges, residents with standard service (one trash bin and one recycling bin) will pay only 25 cents more per month for trash and recycling services in 2023, with a 4 percent annual adjustment over the rest of the contract.
A dedicated GFL route manager will work with city staff on a daily basis to provide ongoing customer service and support. Residents with questions or concerns are encouraged to call City Services at (260) 356-4720 between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.