There are 18 article(s) tagged Solid Waste Division:

• March 2025

  • Ask the Memphian: Yes, Memphis, your city does actually recycle

    Despite what many Memphians believe, the city does in fact recycle. But better efforts from Memphians could help successful recycling, officials said.

    By Jody Callahan March 20, 2025

• January 2024

  • Council confirms 9 municipal chiefs, but Public Works on hold

    The nine directors and city chiefs were approved without a single no vote Tuesday. Public Works director Robert Knecht’s reappointment drew some criticism from council members, prompting a two-week delay.

    By Bill Dries January 23, 2024

• November 2023

  • After months with no compost service, Memphis issues request for contractors

    For the first time ever, the City of Memphis is also looking for a composting service who could also compost biosolids — the sludge created by treating domestic wastewater — to save local landfill space. 

    By Keely Brewer November 27, 2023

• June 2023

  • Paper cups now recyclable in Memphis (no, they weren’t before)

    Paper cups are mostly made from a fiber that’s desirable to recycling mills, and there are a growing number of mills that accept plastic-coated paper cups included in bales of other paper materials. 

    By Keely Brewer June 01, 2023

• December 2022

  • Philip Davis moves into solid waste director job

    Davis has been a key player in the latest changes to the city’s solid waste division. His nomination goes to the Memphis City Council next week.

    By Bill Dries December 01, 2022

• November 2022

  • City Council Scorecard: Changes at the top and pulling MLGW closer to City Hall

    Thecouncil scorecard looks at the moves of city chief operating officer Doug McGowen to head Memphis Light Gas and Water Division and Chandell Ryan to the number two post at City Hall as well as a primer on both positions.

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2022

• May 2022

  • Memphis City Council moves closer to hiring energy consultant

    MLGW is currently requesting proposals from various providers for a possible move to a new electric power provider.

    By Bill Dries May 10, 2022

• April 2022

  • Strickland to outline latest budget proposal today

    Mayor Jim Strickland has been dropping hints about his budget proposal that include more of the unexpected adjustments the city budget has taken over the past two years because of the pandemic. 

    By Bill Dries April 19, 2022

• February 2022

  • Test of new city solid waste strategy starts Monday

    Interim city solid waste director Chandell Ryan said the citywide system has now caught up and is ready to move ahead with a new trial system in the area that includes Berclair, Chickasaw Gardens and Binghampton. 

    By Bill Dries February 03, 2022

• September 2021

  • City government’s low vaccination rate spotlights larger solid waste issues

    A low vaccination rate is just one of the problems the city faces as it wrestles with chronic problems surrounding solid waste disposal. 

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2021

• May 2021

  • Director leaves Memphis’ solid waste division

    Al Lamar’s departure follows complaints about solid waste services in Cordova, Hickory Hill and East Memphis. The problem led the city to cancel its contract with Waste Pro.

    By Bill Dries May 10, 2021

• March 2021

  • City resumes recycling collections April 6

    For the past 13 weeks, city solid waste crews have been combining recyclables with other waste in a single collection because of the large number of crew member out with the COVID-19 virus or those in quarantine for possible exposure to the virus.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2021

• February 2021

  • Find out if your garbage pickup day has changed in city shuffle of solid waste

    The link to city information on the “rebalance” includes a map to find your home as well as an app with reminders of the pickup schedule.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2021

  • Hickory Hill and Cordova to get new solid waste pickup schedule

    Both areas of the city are part of Area E on the city’s solid waste map, an area that has had problems with solid waste service even before the pandemic.

    By Bill Dries February 03, 2021

• February 2020

  • The Politics of Garbage: A backlog of leaves bumps into complex past

    The city's response to a backlog in picking up leaves reveals just how politically volatile the city's most basic service can be -- and has been -- for decades.

    By Bill Dries February 03, 2020

  • The Early Word: Same-day deliveries to become standard; Memphian makes the Super Bowl

    It's Feb. 3, and today is the last day citizens who are not already registered to vote can do so in time to participate in the March 3 Tennessee presidential primaries. Plus, some friendly competition, high-powered advocates and how to stave off the plague.

    By Mary Cashiola February 03, 2020

• January 2020

  • The Early Word: A sanitation strike, Sunday service and 616 sold

    Good morning, all. It’s Thursday, Jan. 23, and we're talking FedEx's strategy, bipartisanship at its best, and how one group likes to swoop in and bring old restaurants back to life. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 23, 2020

  • City braces for possible wildcat solid waste strike

    The dispute involves the city's effort to catch up on a backlog of autumn leaves that include weekend work and the use of private contractors to clear the backlog by the end of the month. 

    By Bill Dries January 22, 2020