Published: June 9, 2021 4:56 PM EDT
Updated: June 9, 2021 5:15 PM EDT
During the month of April, the City of Cape Coral received more than 2,000 complaints of missed garbage pick-ups, totaling over $700,000.
In May, the City received more than $2,300 complaints, but they say those numbers are still being vetted.
The issue stems from what Waste Pro USA, the company that is contracted for refuse pick up in Cape Coral, calls an employee shortage. Now, they say despite delays, they’re are getting better with collection.
Last week the city closed all bulk drop-off sites, and on Monday Waste Pro started phasing out their subcontractors.
Residents of Mandarin neighborhood voice concern for proposed waste transfer station
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville City Council didn’t vote on the issue Tuesday night, but it heard from several people about a proposed waste transfer station in southern Duval County.
The proposed Waste Pro USA facility would be near the Greenland Chase neighborhood in Mandarin. Hundreds of people there are fighting a rezoning request by Waste Pro that would allow them to put a waste transfer station right behind the tree line of their neighborhood. The area is located within an industrial area near a city park.
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Manager Rob Hernandez had suggested that the council consider adopting a call-for-pickup procedure to make sure bulk trash and yard waste is picked up.
But council members opted to force the issue, rather than ask residents to make appointments to have big items lugged away. Everybody is blaming us . there s trash all over the place, you ve got people calling and complaining, Gunter said, addressing his remarks to a Waste Pro manager. The fact of the matter is we signed a contract for you to pick up the trash each week on a designated day and that s not happening.
Fines collected under the council s new rule would go to lower the next year s trash contract price.