(HOUSTON) — Thousands of Houstonians are still waiting on a recycling bin. If you are one of them, your wait may soon be over.
At Wednesday’s session, Houston City Council voted to pay $5 million for new automatic recycling garbage bins.
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Around the chamber, council members said many of their constituents have complained about the long wait for a recycling bin.
So who is going to get the 96-gallon, two-wheeling carts?
Council Member Michael Kubosh asked the head of solid waste, Harry Hayes, that very question.
Here’s part of the exchange:
Kubosh: Everybody’s gonna get a bin?
Hayes: Everybody that does not have a bin currently — a little over 95,000 homes that we provide direct service to.
Kubosh: So all of them are gonna get a bin?
Hayes: Everybody’s gonna get a bin. Everybody.
Kubosh: OK
According to Hayes, Houstonians who don’t have a recycling bin now can expect to see one curbside by the end of the year.
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