The
city of Baltimore is not eliminating a large portion of its curbside collection
program, according to a spokesman for the city’s Department of Public Works.
The denial follows an article by the Baltimore Sun that the city was looking to
lop its collection of cans and bottles
The
spokesman for the department said that the city has asked each of the
departments to submit proposals on reaching financial goals developed by the
city. One of the proposals submitted by the Public Works Department was to
curtail collecting cans and bottles. However, the spokesman stressed, it is
only one of a number of proposals submitted by the department. He refused to
divulge other possible proposals.
The
plan is to have the proposals in place for the next fiscal year’s budget in
July.
According
to the Sun article, by phasing out the collection of bottles and cans
the city could save more than $500,000.
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