Trash and recycling collection: Both once a week?
That’s the quiet goal of Dallas’ Sanitation Services department – something some members of the Dallas City Council have resisted in recent years, citing the “community need” for twice-weekly trash...
View ArticleRestrictions on public recycling bins passes Dallas City Council
Public recycling bins in residential neighborhoods must soon be hidden behind screens and emptied at least once a week, the Dallas City Council just ruled. The council’s vote will most notably affect...
View ArticleDallas City Hall Monitor: Friday, November 14, 2008
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall: • City Hall doesn’t exactly like taking crap from its residents. But on Saturday, government officials are soliciting it as part...
View ArticleDallas City Hall Monitor: Monday, December 8, 2008
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall: • As noted Sunday, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is in Washington, D.C., today with a slate of other U.S. mayors to lobby the federal...
View ArticleWeather threatens to delay Dallas garbage and recycling pickup
City officials just fired off a message that Dallas residents may experience a one- or two- day delay in garbage and recyclable material collection, thanks to today’s less-than-sunny weather...
View ArticleDallas City Hall Monitor: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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View ArticleLove, loathing and a flood of emotion over Dallas’ new trash and recycling...
Next to animal issues, nothing seems to get Dallas residents worked up quite like trash service. E-mails and phone calls have been pouring in about visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas City Hall Monitor: Monday, February 9, 2009
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall: • The 2009 Dallas City Council campaign season unofficially begins today — the opening day of candidate filing. Between now and...
View ArticleDallas City Hall Monitor: Friday, February 13, 2009
And someday, your one day will come too, dear Dallas reader. If it all sounds so romantic, don’t worry, it isn’t. It’s garbage. And recycling, which isn’t garbage I guess, but, same … [visit site to...
View ArticleDallas City Hall Monitor: Friday, February 20, 2009
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall: • Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is in Washington, D.C., this morning (along with about 65 other city mayors) to visit site to read more]
View ArticleThe trashman cometh (less often)
But the recycling man’s picking up the slack. Once weekly waste pick-up is coming to all of Dallas March 1. From a story today: Whether you like it or not, the … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleHeard about the change in Dallas trash collection? Hear it on the radio
If you live under a rock, you might not know that Dallas is about to change up its trash collection schedule. Here are some other reasons you may not know: -You don’t listen to the radio -You don’t...
View ArticleDallas officials to propose sanitation budget; would you pay 40 cents for a...
The city manager’s office will propose a … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleDallas City Council tackles Farmers Market, Butler Brothers Building...
A new plaza: One of the renderings of the market found in the briefing council will received Wednesday The City Council’s … [visit site to read more]
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