More Trash Carts for Ann Arbor
The city of Ann Arbor is purchasing about 1,250 additional curbside waste collection carts. The carts, which are being supplied by Toter for $65,500 this year, will add to the existing 55,000 carts in circulation. The carts were first implemented seven years ago, and the city expects to start seeing more frequent need to replace them.
Over the next three years, the city expects that each year it will need to purchase 1,500 recycling carts, 400 compost carts and 600 trash carts. The contract was authorized by the city council at its Dec. 3, 2012 meeting.
The contract through which the city is purchasing the carts is through the Metro Waste Authority, at a cost for the base carts that is slightly … [Full Story]