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RESIDENTS TO GET NEW CARTS FOR TRASH, RECYCLING BY ERIC CZARNIK eczarnik@candgnews.com
Sterling Heights officials are wheeling out the latest news about residents’ new rolling waste and recycling carts, as well as etiquette on how to use the receptacles. During the March 19 Sterling Heights City Council meeting, the council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance updating regulations for curbside pickup of trash, recyclables and yard waste. The move comes as the city gets ready to switch waste haulers to Priority Waste and introduce universal curbside recycling services. The city approved a 10-year contract with Priority Waste last September. As part of
the transition, curbside recycling will no longer be an optional subscription program — all homes will be enrolled in the program. In addition, city officials talked about the upcoming distribution of trash carts and recycling carts to residents. The city says residents will get a green 95-gallon refuse cart and a blue 65-gallon recycling cart sometime this month. Residents who typically drop off waste at the curb — or in common areas for carts — will start using the new carts when Priority Waste begins its hauling services May 1. Officials say the carts will keep trash contained so that it doesn’t create messes or blight. As part of the See TRASH on page 10A Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Sterling Heights Department of Public Works Director Mike Moore stands beside the rolling carts that will be distributed to residents: green for trash and blue for recycling.
City Council rejects Brougham apartment proposal in split vote An over three-hour discussion at the March 19 Sterling Heights City Council
meeting over a proposal to put apartments along Brougham Drive ended in a 3-4 vote, causing the proposal to be rejected. Marketplace Cove Apartments was a planned unit development proposal that in-
volved two parcels located east of Van Dyke Avenue and north of 15 Mile Road. Two three-story buildings containing 233 apartment units with a few possible retail spaces were planned on around 6 acres at 8484
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