Posted4/6/2021 5:27 AM Following citizen complaints and news reports about the quality of Des Plaines' new rolling garbage cans, city officials on Monday said they want to investigate the problems. "The complete truth is, the garbage cans we have now are not as good as the ones we used to have," 6th Ward Alderman Malcolm Chester told the city council during its scheduled virtual meeting. "Maybe we need to take a longer look at this."
The blue cans arrived in February as Morton Grove-based Lakeshore Recycling Systems prepared to take over as the city's garbage contractor. Some 33,000 cans for garbage and recyclable materials were delivered to about 16,500 customers.