Beacon Hill Committee Urges Second Day of Recycling Pickup

A Beacon Hill Civic Association committee will ask the full board Monday to urge the city for one more recycling pickup day without losing a trash pickup day.

The BHCA's Streets and Sidewalks Committee this week endorsed a proposal that would add Monday as a second recycling day without the city having to send any extra trucks to Beacon Hill. 

At present, the neighborhood's trash and recycling schedule is as follow:

• Mondays–trash pickup by three trucks
• Wednesdays–trash pickup by two trucks
• Fridays–trash pickup by one truck; recycling pickup by two trucks

The proposal, while keeping eight trucks coming to Beacon Hill every week, would shift when they come and what they pickup. It's calling for a schedule of:

• Mondays–trash pickup by two trucks; recycling pickup by one truck
• Wednesdays–trash pickup by two trucks
• Fridays–trash pickup by two trucks; recycling pickup by one truck

This plan, the committee says, would not cost the city any more money since the same number of trucks would be coming to Beacon Hill. In fact, the plan could save money since the city makes money from recycling but not trash, according to the committee.

The full BHCA board will vote Monday on whether to present to plan to the city. 

What do you think? Is this plan a better option for Beacon Hill? Tell us in the comments section.