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Administration
and monitoring of the City's solid waste and recycling collection
contract for over 36,000 households and 350 small businesses, as well
as City facilities. |
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Managing the
mandatory residential and commercial recycling programs which have
achieved over 40% waste reduction of residential and commercial waste,
including grant and reporting systems. |
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Public education
on recycling, trash and litter prevention to maintain residential
and commercial recycling participation rates above 90% (currently
96%) and contamination rates below 7%. |
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Operating the
Allentown Recycling Drop Off Center in partnership with Lehigh County
Juvenile Probation Department. |
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Operating two
yard waste drop off sites and managing the processing and disposition
of all yard waste materials. |
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Coordinating
the Allentown Clean and Green programs to reduce litter and improve
neighborhood pride, including the ADOPT-A-BLOCK and Don't Trash
Allentown programs, neighborhood outreach, cleanups, distribution
of brooms and education programs. |
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Operating the
Graffiti Busters program which removes and/or paints over graffiti
on private and public property at no charge to the property owner. |
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Cleaning City
sidewalks of litter. |
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Emptying more
than 700 litter baskets. |
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Testing water
quality and monitoring the Dorneyville Road Landfill Superfund site. |
