New Orleans is one step closer to getting new trash collection over a large swath of the city. But a lot still needs to happen before the new waste contractors can hit the streets on November 7, as planned. Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and officials from IV Waste and Waste Pro gathered to sign and execute the contracts. IV Waste is expected begin picking up in the lake communities, Gentilly, all the way to the Industrial Canal.
Waste Pro will pick up in New Orleans East and the Lower Ninth Ward. The city rebid the contract now held by Metro Service Group because of inconsistent and unreliable garbage collection. The new trash haulers made some big promises. “Your trash will be picked up,” IV Waste owner Sidney Torres said. “You’re recycling will be picked up and it will be picked up on time with nothing left behind and your can put back on the curb. I can promise you that.”
“We will have 18 pieces of equipment in the streets, every day, Monday through Friday, Waste Pro VP Jesse Murphy said.