Flint launches citywide recycling and rubbish carts; seniors offered doorstep pickup

Mayor Sheldon Neely and city waste staff detailed a citywide recycling rollout that supplied free recycling and trash carts to residential addresses. The mayor said the city purchased 68,000 carts for residential structures and acknowledged some commercial entities had sought carts intended for residents only. "68,000 cans were purchased, and we had to be able to go to make sure that these cans were delivered to the residential structures inside the city of Flint," Neely said.

Heather, a city waste staff member leading the program, described the shift away from a past opt-in approach to an open enrollment model and emphasized support for seniors. "If they are struggling with the use of the carts in some way, there is a program available for the waste power to literally come up to the back door… They'll actually take them to the road, empty them, and bring them back up to the home," Heather said, and provided a direct office line: (810) 410-1134 for residents with questions or to arrange assistance.