Chicopee Mayor John Vieau proposes bulk waste pickup, other programs to combat illegal dumping and littering
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
CHICOPEE — The city is planning to purchase two trucks and hire two employees to try to reduce illegal dumping and littering throughout the city.
“I want Chicopee to be one of the cleanest cities in Western Mass., if not the cleanest,” Mayor John L. Vieau said as he rolled out his new plan. “I want to focus in on building pride. It bothers me to see people littering.”
When the privately owned Chicopee Sanitary Landfill closed in 2019, the city changed to a new system of trash collection that limited the amount of rubbish people could throw away for free. That left residents searching for ways to get rid of appliances, furniture, mattresses and other large items. Now their only option is to bring it to a private waste company, one of which charges a minimum fee of $130 to bring up to a ton of waste.