Town Of Arlington: Yard Waste Collection Delays

Press release from Town of Arlington:

10/27/2021

JRM is reporting delays in yard waste collection due to high volume and other operational delays. Yard waste volumes can be very unpredictable in the fall, so if others on your route have a lot of material out for collection and the truck fills up quickly, they have to dump it before they can continue the route. If that happens towards the end of the day, then the rest of that route will be collected the following day. For public health reasons, trash and recycling collection are prioritized over yard waste.  
 
If your street is missed for any material collection, please contact JRM at customerservice@jrmhauling.com or at 800-323-4285 and press ext. 1 and leaving a message about which material was missed (trash, recycling, or yard waste). Be sure to leave your address. You may not receive a call back, but your street will be recorded and revisited the following day. 
If only your yard waste was missed, please be sure it was prepared correctly: 

• Yard waste must be in paper yard waste bags or barrels with a Town “Yard Trimmings" sticker available at Shattucks hardware stores or at DPW, 51 Grove Street, during business hours– no plastic bags. 
• Tree branches (maybe we should start calling these "twigs" instead of branches?) must be 3 feet or shorter and under 1 inch thick. Branches may be bundled using decomposable twine. Please don't make them heavy.
• No soil, stumps, or root balls of any size will be collected. 

This press release was produced by Town of Arlington. The views expressed here are the author’s own.