ChoiceCollect® Rolls Out On-call Curbside Collection

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – ChoiceCollect – Curbside Collection That Fits You, Sunnyvale’s new residential garbage and recycling system, will be implemented in phases beginning July 1. The initial phase will include on-call curbside collection.

With ChoiceCollect’s on-call curbside collection, Sunnyvale residents will be able to conveniently schedule two no-charge curbside collections of extra trash, bulky household items and electronic waste such as TVs and monitors, each year. ChoiceCollect on-call pickups replace the curbside collections formerly held Citywide during spring and fall, and now provides residents with the flexibility of choosing when they want to get rid of extra household items.

At each on-call collection, residents may set out up to two cubic yards of extra trash and non-hazardous household material (equivalent to a space six feet long, three feet high and three feet wide), plus two bulky items, such as appliances or furniture.

This service is available to all garbage customers in single-family, duplex, triplex or  and mobile homes for no charge, twice yearly, by calling the Utility Billing dDivision, Customer Service at (408) 730-7400, TDD (408) 730-7501. Watch for the next ReNews in your mailbox for more informationMore information will be provided in a mailing scheduled to arrive at residences by early July.

In the ChoiceCollect second phase, residents will be mailed cost information, after City Council adopts refuse collection rates July 22. This August mailing will explainabout how toresidents choose select a size for athe new garbage cart to be provided to each homesize. The new system roll-out will be completed in October 2008 with the delivery of the selected  garbageselected garbage carts to residents. Collection of yard trimmings and all extraspring and fall dumping weekends at the SMaRT Station^® will continue unchanged.

When ChoiceCollect is fully implemented in October, it will provide residents with a choice of cart sizes and corresponding monthly costsmore options in the rate structure, more cart sizes, more flexibility in the timing of curbside collection of extra waste and bulky household items (including collection of electronic waste at curbsidetelevisions and computer monitors), and the addition of mixed paper to the newspaper side of the recycling cart.

More information and updates are available by visiting ChoiceCollect.inSunnyvale.com.