Fletcher High students protest, demand city brings back recycling

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Mayor says nary connection connected erstwhile metropolis recycling could resume

City of Jacksonville sets up recycling drop-off sites

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A propulsion astatine City Hall to bring backmost curbside recycling successful Jacksonville.

A radical of students from Fletcher High gathered extracurricular the downtown gathering connected Thursday to impulse the politician to bash conscionable that and they are trying to summation the enactment of Duval County. It’s the aforesaid radical of students, known arsenic Co2nsequences Incorporated, who took complaint of protecting the situation successful October by setting up a impermanent recycling drop-off site astatine Huffman Boulevard Park.

News4JAX checked retired the recycling drop-off tract successful Arlington astatine Blue Cypress Reginal Park connected Wednesday. It was engaged but determination was inactive plentifulness of country to driblet disconnected the waste. There were besides crews on-hand cleaning the tract which had been a ailment successful the past.

It’s been astir 2 ½ months since curbside recycling was halted successful Jacksonville, and determination is inactive nary connection from the politician oregon his unit erstwhile it volition return. That is upsetting to immoderate Like Trey Redd who has been utilizing the recycling drop-off sites.

“This is an inconvenience,” Redd said. “I person to travel retired of my mode to driblet disconnected recycles erstwhile I wage the metropolis to prime up my recycling.”

The mayor’s bureau says the occupation is inactive with hiring help. News4JAX learned Wednesday the metropolis has capable certified drivers, but the occupation is with 2 of the 3 extracurricular contractors that besides prime up the waste. They can’t get capable motortruck drivers with CDL licenses, according to the city.

Will Gutridge said helium volition support coming to the recycling drop-off sites until they get the contented resolved.

“I recognize that these are hard times that we are going through,” Gutridge said.

He said this is amended than it had been erstwhile his garbage and gait discarded was not being picked up for weeks astatine a time. Now they are getting picked up connected time, Gutridge said.

The students besides started an online petition asking the metropolis to bring backmost curbside recycling. So acold 500 radical person signed it.