CROSS PLAINS–Garbage and recycling collection in Cross Plains will be switched from bags to wheeled carts beginning in January, according to a contract the village board approved on Nov.22.
The village is one of the last last area communities to continue using trash bags at the curb instead of carts, but costs and staffing shortages required Town & County Sanitation, Inc. of Boscobel, the village collection contractor, to make the change, Doug Enke, company owner told the board.
Enke said the changeover would occur in January, without setting an exact week, when the carts would begin to be dropped off at the 1,256 residences in the village.
Town & County will provide 95-gallons carts for garbage and recycling, residents should contact the company if they want a 65-gallon cart instead, Cross Plains Village Administrator Bill Chang said.