Waste Management Receives Chelmsford Recycling Contract
IPR is out and WM is in; there will be no changes in recycling procedures for residents.
The Town of Chelmsford will put its recycling duties into the hands of Waste Management beginning on July 1. No recycling procedures will change for residents. The Board of Selectmen voted last night to discontinue service with recycling contractor IPR prior to the March 1 contract extension/termination deadline. Town of Chelmsford Recycling and Solid Waste Coordinator Nick Parlee received two unsolicited bids from Waste Management, each coming in at a significantly cheaper rate than Allied Waste, who also put in a bid. Allied Waste currently resides over Chelmsford’s solid waste pickup. That could all change come 2015 when their contract runs out at the same time as the new contract with Waste Management. “I think they’re looking to make …
Donna Reed
6:17 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
There has been more than one time houses on my street were missed. Last fall, 8 houses ( out of 36) in a row, mine being one of them, was missed. I called them on the phone, only to be told that they had already left town, and IF they could, they would come back at the end of their day to pick up our recycling. IF they couldn't get back at the end of the day, we would have to wait till the next … more ›