Bettendorf names recycling trucks

Linda Cook
·1 min read
Bettendorf names recycling trucks

Saturday was naming day for the City of Bettendorf’s recycling trucks.

The city held a contest to name the trucks.

(L-R) ‘Recyclosaurus Rex,’ ‘Reid’s Recycling Truck’ and ‘Truck Norris’ (City of Bettendorf)
(L-R) ‘Recyclosaurus Rex,’ ‘Reid’s Recycling Truck’ and ‘Truck Norris’ (City of Bettendorf)

One of them is named for a boy named Reid who passed away from cancer in 2020 – 94 percent of the submissions reflected Reid’s memory.

The other two are Truck Norris -a play off actor Chuck Norris’s name -and the other is Recyclosaurus Rex, in tribute to a dinosaur.

The city released the names of the trucks at its annual Public Works Day, when members of the community can get up close with the city’s heavy equipment.

Kids also created their own art on two of the city’s snow plows.

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