The ordinance, which requires certain residents to properly secure their trash, goes into effect on March 1.

Two city alderman have demanded an examination aimed at improving the city’s recycling programs.

Sanitation workers’ duties include disinfecting discarded masks of residents and facilities such as public toilets.

Nearby residents criticized the plan and raised concerns about the size of the facility and the potentially harmful effects on the environment.

The court has sided with residents who sued the city of Bloomfield for adopting an organized trash collection system without a citywide vote.

Casella recently bought Massachusetts-based waste hauler Daley & Sons Trucking, which serves 3,500 residential and business customers.

Vermont once again leads the nation in consumer battery recycling based on program participation.

The facility will service more than 25,000 residential customers and 800 commercial customers in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area.

The measure for Covanta’s WTE facility has been moved to the House Rules Committee for possible negotiations.

The transaction includes recycling and trash collection service to more than 2,500 residential customers and about 500 commercial customers.