Polk to resume recycling collection, but biweekly for now
Polk County’s recycling collection program is returning on a biweekly basis beginning Monday for customers serviced by FCC Environmental Services.
The resumption of recycling collection follows a one-month hiatus to allow FCC to focus on residential household waste collection, Polk County said in a news release. The company had been unable to keep pace with its contracted collection schedule because of labor shortages and challenges magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the release said.
FCC is one of the county’s two contracted waste haulers servicing western Polk County.
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Customers who are serviced by FCC will receive letters notifying them of whether their recycling collection will occur on Week A or Week B. Households assigned to Week A will have recycling collected beginning Monday, and Week B’s collection will begin April 11. Collection will occur on the regularly scheduled day, the release said.
Beginning Thursday, Polk’s FCC customers can go to https://tinyurl.com/3j97tn2a and enter their street address to use an interactive map for the most accurate information regarding trash collection.
Bulk waste for FCC collection should be set at the curb on your garbage collection day until further notice. The county’s two-item per week policy remains in effect. Yard waste collection remains unchanged.
Customers are encouraged to continue to report missed collections through the county’s Wastewise app, the county website at https://www.polk-county.net/waste-and-recycling or by calling customer service at 863-284-4319.
This article originally appeared on The Ledger: Polk County to resume biweekly recycling collection on west side
