The benefit of the big blue recycling bins and a need to reduce waste pickup costs led to Pottstown's recent approval of a contract with J.P. Mascaro that reduces trash pickup to one day a week and the issuance of big red bins to replace the average garbage can.
Not everyone is happy about having to struggle with the giant trash totes.
Editorial: The invasion of the big red bins
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