{"id":105234,"date":"2025-07-30T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105234\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:23:08","slug":"houston-approves-over-12-4m-to-purchase-new-garbage-and-recycling-trucks-to-curb-ongoing-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105234\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston approves over $12.4M to purchase new garbage and recycling trucks to curb ongoing delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 With ongoing trash and recycling delays across Houston, leaving bins overflowing and residents frustrated, the City Council and the Mayor have made a multi-million dollar move they hope will finally get services back on track. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Wednesday at City Council, Mayor John Whitmire expressed that the Solid Waste Department now has the staffing in place to deal with recycling and trash services, but they need the vehicles to do the work. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">City Council then voted to approve more than $12.4 million for the City of Houston\u2019s Solid Waste Management Department to buy up to 31 new garbage and recycling trucks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The mayor insists that 11 of those trucks would be operational within two days of the purchase order. ,<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Another change announced is that drivers will be able to operate other types of large trucks for which they are certified. In the past, only side truck operators could drive those trucks. Under the new policy, they will be able to drive the rear-loading trucks and vice versa. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/pins\/?neLatitude=30&amp;neLongitude=-93.88&amp;swLatitude=29.38&amp;swLongitude=-97.18&amp;zoom=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/pins\/?neLatitude=30&amp;neLongitude=-93.88&amp;swLatitude=29.38&amp;swLongitude=-97.18&amp;zoom=10\"><b>SEND US PHOTOS OF YOUR OVERFILLED RECYCLING BINS HERE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The city is now turning its attention to the contract involving Houston\u2019s recycling. The city only has one drop-off location, which can cause delays along the routes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhen you drill down to the contract and talk to the director, we must do better even if we have to challenge them in court,\u201d said Mayor Whitmire. \u201c We can\u2019t let them hold us hostage to one drop-off for 600 square miles if we have the personnel and the trucks in place.\u201d <\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He questions the overall deal, adding, \u201cThere was a model that was put into place in the city of Houston that is counterproductive to successful recycling.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Start Here, Houston<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Before you &#8220;PRESS START&#8221; to your day, get ahead of the game with our morning newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 With ongoing trash and recycling delays across Houston, leaving bins overflowing and residents frustrated, the City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,49116,67756,67755,31466,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-105234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-recycling","10":"tag-houston-recycling-pickup","11":"tag-houston-solid-waste-management-department","12":"tag-solid-waste-management","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114943112143205195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}