{"id":2717,"date":"2016-08-12T00:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T04:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2016-08-12T00:45:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T04:45:40","slug":"seaside-park-debates-weekend-trash-pickup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2016\/08\/seaside-park-debates-weekend-trash-pickup\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside Park Debates Weekend Trash Pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Trash<\/a>

Trash bag. (Photo: Erich Ferdinand\/Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s an issue most Shore towns deal with: trash pickup during the summer, when many residents are only in town on the weekends.<\/p>\n

In Seaside Park, the debate over whether it is worth it to institute weekend trash pickup has reached a tipping point \u2013 mind the pun \u2013 with the borough council having done\u00a0its best to weigh options Thursday night. The latest proposal \u2013 trash pickup on Saturdays \u2013 was favored by\u00a0Shirldine Villano, a borough resident who also owns Villano Realtors in town.<\/p>\n

\u201cWay back when, we had Saturday pickup, and\u00a0the garbage people actually went behind your house and picked it up,\u201d recalled
\nVillano, who has bore the brunt of the issue both personally and professionally. At the meeting, she showed photos of a sea of garbage bags lining the street near her office.<\/p>\n

The problem is twofold. First, rental properties change on Saturday, meaning for at least two days \u2013 the earliest pickup is Monday \u2013 there is a week\u2019s worth of trash on the street, plus additional trash that has accumulated during the weekend. The second part of the issue is with the Saturday pickup itself. In order to collect trash on Saturdays, borough Public Works employees would have to begin working at about 5 a.m. to make the 12 noon closing time of the Ocean County landfill. Since tenants do not have to be out of their homes until 11 a.m., the collections would likely occur before their trash is out at the curb anyway. Complicating the matter further, state law dictates that garbage trucks can remain loaded with refuse for 24 hours after pickup, so if the Saturday cutoff at the landfill was missed, the borough would be violating the law by waiting until Monday to dispose of the waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u00a0have to start at 5 a.m. in the morning to make this happen, while people don\u2019t clear refrigerators out until 10 a.m.,\u201d said Borough Administrator Bob Martucci.<\/p>\n

Villano asked if the borough could rent a garbage truck from another town on the weekends, or even contract with a private hauler to pickup the trash only at rental homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they\u2019re going to just come for Saturday, it will cost a fortune,\u201d said Martucci, adding that there are no programs under which the borough could rent a truck for a day.<\/p>\n

Seaside Park operates two garbage trucks and splits runs between the ocean blocks and the bayside blocks.<\/p>\n

Villano, who conducted a great deal of research into the issue before presenting her ideas to the council on Thursday, said Seaside Heights operates garbage trucks on Sundays, leading some council members to ask if there was a possibility that a shared services agreement between the towns could be forged.<\/p>\n

Martucci said he would contact Seaside Heights Borough Administrator Christopher Vaz to acquire more details on that town\u2019s Sunday collections, and determine if any kind of a partnership is feasible.<\/p>\n

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