Sierra Madre : Recyclables Program

A proposal to begin collecting recyclables at apartment houses will be considered by the City Council on May 26.

Western Waste Industries has proposed to serve apartments, beginning in July, for a fee of $1.50 per dwelling unit per month, the same price that single-family residents pay for collection.

The charge would be added to trash bills for the apartment complexes.

The city and the waste hauler would split proceeds from the sale of recycled materials, as they now do for single-family residences.

Since Sierra Madre’s curbside recycling program began in April, 1990, the city has made $25,457. Of that, half went back to residents who participated in the form of rebates on refuse collection bills, with the rest used to administer the program.