Jacksonville isn’t alone when it comes to challenges with recycling. “We are always recruiting and hiring great people to join our team, and offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, paid vacation, safety bonuses, and numerous career advancement opportunities. We are carefully monitoring the needs of our customers and communities with the supply and availability of our talent and adjusting our efforts to attract, engage and retain talent accordingly. “Many industries are facing staffing challenges at this time, and the environmental services industry is no different. We appreciate our customers’ understanding and patience during this time. “Republic Services of Jacksonville is experiencing some temporary delays with yard and bulk waste collections in our service area within Duval County. News4Jax got this statement from Republic Services: The city has confirmed that Meridian will be taking over pickups in the Republic Services territory at the end of the month. And halfway through the month of September, there are already more than 3,500 complaints about recycling pickup across Jacksonville. The city gave News4Jax the number of recycling pickup complaints it has received in the last six months across the city - about 1,700 in April, then 3,400 in May, around 1,000 each in June and July, with a spike in August of more than 4,600 complaints. The city says hiring and keeping employees has been a problem. Republic Services was contracted by the city to handle residential solid waste pickup in parts of the city, including Sanders’ neighborhood. In the last two weeks, they’ve been picking up recycle regularly, and the trash, they haven’t picked it up in over a month,” Sanders said. “Recycle has been a little late being picked up. Next to overflowing trash bins and piles of yard waste in Northwest Jacksonville are recycling bins that residents say have yet to be picked up by the city.Ĭlifton Sanders lives in Northwest Jacksonville and says his street’s pickup has been delayed for weeks. But, by the end of the month, another company, Meridian, will take over. Right now, Republic Services picks up the recycling bins in Northwest Jacksonville and across parts of the Northside and Arlington. The city of Jacksonville is about to bring in a new company to handle trash and recycling in some parts of Jacksonville. – Problems with trash pickup are making it harder for thousands of people around Northeast Florida to go green with curbside recycling. If you choose to do business with this business, please let the business know that you contacted BBB for a BBB Business Profile.Īs a matter of policy, BBB does not endorse any product, service or business.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. BBB Business Profiles are subject to change at any time. When considering complaint information, please take into account the company's size and volume of transactions, and understand that the nature of complaints and a firm's responses to them are often more important than the number of complaints.īBB Business Profiles generally cover a three-year reporting period. However, BBB does not verify the accuracy of information provided by third parties, and does not guarantee the accuracy of any information in Business Profiles. BBB asks third parties who publish complaints, reviews and/or responses on this website to affirm that the information provided is accurate. BBB Business Profiles may not be reproduced for sales or promotional purposes.īBB Business Profiles are provided solely to assist you in exercising your own best judgment.

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