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Jacksonville councilmember advocates for garbage fee increase amid rising costs
Read full article: Jacksonville councilmember advocates for garbage fee increase amid rising costsJacksonville City Councilman Matt Carlucci is pushing to raise garbage fees to address a growing financial shortfall in the city’s trash collection services.
Paying the dirty price: Clay County residents petition against new trash provider after costly changes
Read full article: Paying the dirty price: Clay County residents petition against new trash provider after costly changesWaste bins the new provider will take can be purchased, but the price is steep for many. News4JAX found that an approved 95-gallon garbage cart can be purchased for $66, and a 65-gallon cart for $61. Plus, there’s a separate quarterly collection service fee of $15.33. And if you want to throw away just a bag of trash, it must have a sticker on it that costs $4.
Greening Mardi Gras: Environmentalists push alternatives to plastic Carnival beads in New Orleans
Read full article: Greening Mardi Gras: Environmentalists push alternatives to plastic Carnival beads in New OrleansIt’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers.
‘Maggots, flies’: Overflowing dumpsters at Dunn Ave apartment complex cause stinky problems
Read full article: ‘Maggots, flies’: Overflowing dumpsters at Dunn Ave apartment complex cause stinky problems“It’s been a continuous thing. One time it’s really been worse than this. It’s still bad, but it was worse than this.”
These students are working to eliminate plastic in their lives, one bottle at a time
Read full article: These students are working to eliminate plastic in their lives, one bottle at a timeWhile we set aside one day a year to celebrate Earth Day and focus on ways each of us can protect our planet, there are things we can do every day that are simple and meaningful.