Recently had the luxury of taking over responsibility for my 12 unit HOA in NE. This morning I saw our trash collection company (a day late, mind you) collect our trash and recycling and mix it all into one truck. I know this had been reported before. It’s pretty annoying since I’m sure it’s illegal and we pay to separate our garbage. My co-directors tell me that they’re pretty sure this is every private trash collection company in the city is this bad, late and doesn’t care about recycling. Anyone have any recommendations? I am totally open to switching companies for a reliable company that at least tries to recycle. Any advice is welcomed!

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releasesafeties t1_j68t11j wrote on January 28, 2023 at 3:52 PM

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I'm on the board of our HOA too and we had pretty much the exact same issue. When the contact was up, we terminated the previous hauler (Tenleytown) and switched to a new one (Republic Services). Service seems to be better and they definitely separate trash and recycle, at least at our property.

Districtinsomniac OP t1_j68upod wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:04 PM

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Replying to releasesafeties (#1,554,790)

Interesting. Was doing some google research and heard terrible things about Republic but glad you all are having a positive experience. Maybe they turned a few things around?

Playful-Translator49 t1_j68vvii wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:12 PM

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Same this is what they do. Also, there aren’t really any recycling plants around so it’s not getting recycled anyway. They claim it’s all sorted at a facility. Is this the former tenley town trash now republic or something? We have them too same issues forever.

Districtinsomniac OP t1_j68w7mx wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM

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Replying to Playful-Translator49 (#1,555,299)

Kbg or something like that.

releasesafeties t1_j68wdto wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:16 PM

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Replying to Districtinsomniac (#1,555,093)

Yea I'm not sure if they've done anything different. Sometimes they'll miss a collection day, but usually if our property manager calls, they arrange for a same-day later pick-up or will come the next day. So far, no complaints!

Playful-Translator49 t1_j68wxoy wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:20 PM

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Replying to Districtinsomniac (#1,555,358)

Thanks. We haven’t enjoyed the switch, however, they have been. Little more on schedule lately. We tried to find other vendors but there aren’t many games in town.

NPRjunkieDC t1_j698wkx wrote on January 28, 2023 at 5:41 PM

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I was able to get out of a contract with Tenleytown and switched to WR Braxton. Great customer service, family owned by a black family.

https://www.williamrbraxtontrashservice.com/

angrydad69 t1_j6akokc wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:14 PM

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Replying to Districtinsomniac (#1,555,093)

Generally you will have better service moving away from one of the big 3 trash collection companies, but things like mixing recycling and solid waste is an industry wide problem