Delivery of recycling carts to Minot garbage customers has begun. The City of Minot plans to launch curbside recycling as a free trial July 17 for Minot residents with Monday pickup and July 18 for those with Tuesday pickup. Amber Wright of Minot is among residents looking forward to the recycling option. “I think it’s a great program. We need to take care of our city and do our part,” she said. “I’m really excited about it.”
She said much of the waste generated at her house is plastic and cardboard, which are two items the new curbside recycling program will be taking. Over the next two weeks, Minot sanitation customers can expect the trash carts with blue lids to arrive with instructions about how to recycle. At a rate of about 1,000 carts a day, Schaefer Plastics North America will deliver a 95-gallon cart to the curb of each residence. Each cart is tagged by radio frequency to the address to which it will be delivered.