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Eau Claire City Council discusses changing the city’s trash operation

WEAU · last updated

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) — Eau Claire residents were talking trash with city officials Thursday night. Literally.

The city is looking into changing its trash operations.

Deputy City Manager Dave Solberg says a study found Eau Claire residents may be paying more for trash pick-up than in other similar sized cities.

A committee is currently looking into how the city can change pick-up days or hours in order to be more efficient.

He says community members have also been pushing for more sustainable practices.

“Today was really a lot of feedback about composting and keeping materials out of the landfill. How can we get the word out and make those operations more streamlined. More of a sustainability and smoothness of operations. There are still concerns with costs and other efficiencies for that,” said Solberg.

Solberg says it will still take some time before any change happens, but he hopes the Eau Claire City Council will be able to review proposals and vote on the matter by the end of June.

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