City of Greensboro issued the following announcement on Oct. 10.
In response to ongoing concerns from neighbors, the Field Operations Department will begin enforcing the City’s Trash and Recycling Container Compliance program on November 1. A $25 fee may be issued to households who repeatedly leave trash or recycling containers in the street for more than 48 hours per week, creating a nuisance to the neighborhood.
In order to avoid a fee, residents should be sure your trash and recycling containers are at the curb no more than 48 hours – from 7 am the day before service to 7 am the day after your service day. This 48-hour window is twice as long as the previous policy, giving residents more flexibility.
The Trash and Recycling Container Compliance program is complaint-driven, meaning residents will identify where trash and recycling containers are creating a nuisance. The Field Operations Department will provide a warning for the first violation and a courtesy removal of containers out of the right-of-way. After that, each occurrence will be charged a $25 fee if City staff have to remove containers from the curb. This will be a rolling 12-month fee; if no violations take place within one year of the previous fee, the resident will again receive a warning for the next violation.
City staff will follow up on complaints reported to the City’s Contact Center at 337-373-CITY (2489). Staff will not patrol neighborhoods, but when they investigate a complaint, they will leave notices for any containers left on the street in the immediate vicinity.
For more details, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov/ContainerCompliance.
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