Baldwin is renewing their waste collection and disposal agreement with FC Sanitation, but with an amendment: FC Sanitation gets the right of first refusal when it comes to recycling negotiations with the city.
The city council has previously discussed bringing in more environmentally friendly infrastructure to the city, such as solar-powered streetlights, and brought up recycling to their waste collection provider at their Monday meeting.
Recycling may cost more, but recycling costs fluctuate. Moving forward would require the city and FC Sanitation to enter into more in-depth talks regarding costs and options. If FC Sanitation decides that recycling wouldn’t be the right fit for their services in Baldwin, the city could continue its search for another recycling service. But FC Sanitation seemed to be in favor of the idea Monday night, with a representative telling the council that they’re interested in looking deeper into recycling possibilities in Baldwin.
“We can have these conversations about recycling,” Councilwoman Stephanie Almagno said at the meeting. “We’re thinking about the long-term relationship with the company [FC Sanitation].”
Citizen interest would be one of the most important things in moving forward with a recycling program in the city. Almagno discussed coming together with the City of Alto, who also uses FC Sanitation’s services, to work towards bringing recycling to the waste collection services in their cities.
You can watch a recording of the meeting on the city’s Facebook page.
