Changes to Garbage and Curbside Recycling Services in Sewanee
The Office of Leases and Community Relations has announced changes in garbage and recycling services for University of the South leaseholders.
Richardson Waste Removal, based in Fayetteville, Tenn., recently acquired the garbage service business following the death of longtime provider Joe B. Long. As a result, changes in service for leaseholders will be effective Jan. 1, 2021:
All garbage routes will be picked up on Thursdays.
Curbside recycling will be discontinued.
Moving to one pickup day will allow Richardson Waste Removal to keep costs low and offer a sustainable service to the community. It will also be easy for Domain residents to remember the schedule. Residents who forget to put out their trash for Thursday pickup may take it to the Franklin County Convenience Center on Missouri Avenue or wait until the following Thursday pickup. The new service provider will not pick up garbage on major holidays. That week’s schedule will be adjusted and leaseholders will be notified in advance.
Only a limited number of residents had participated in the recycling service. Curbside recycling was not sustainable long-term, due both to the cost of pickup and handling and to residents’ attempts to recycle unacceptable items.
Beginning Jan. 1, residents should take recyclable items (plastic bottles and jugs, paper, aluminum, and cardboard, in addition to metals and waste oil) to the Franklin County Convenience Center, located at 132 Missouri Ave. Glass recycling is still available at 191 Kennerly Avenue. There is no change in the glass recycling process, which is entirely supported by local funds.
Richardson Waste Removal has been in business since 1963. The University has used their services for many years, such as for dumpsters during student move-out. They will work with the University Lease Office to keep the cost of garbage service in line with other nearby communities.