by staff | Feb 7, 2025 | Solid Waste News
Week 1 is done, great job to all of our participating schools! Total aluminum can count so far: Franklin County High School: 352 Western Hills High School: 656 Frankfort High School: 0 Elkhorn Middle School: 0 Bondurant Middle School: 53 Bridgeport Elementary School:...
by staff | Jan 24, 2025 | Solid Waste News
Requirements: -Participants must be a Frankfort-based school or nonprofit organization -Cannot have already participated in the 2024 program -Consent to picking up 15 miles of litter on a Saturday in 2025 -Provide W9 form upon selection Once you’ve applied,...
by staff | Jan 22, 2025 | Solid Waste News
Our new Franklin County Solid Waste Americorps Environmental Educator, Abigail Wafford, gave a presentation on plants native to Kentucky this morning. This is the first of a series of lectures to be held at the Capital City Activity Center. She will hold additional...
by staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Solid Waste News
County residents:Extra trash pickup is permitted by Republic for Monday and Friday routes this week, since those routes were missed last week.Drivers are running out of contract hours picking up extra trash on the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday routes. If you were...
by staff | Jan 7, 2025 | Solid Waste News
Judge Mueller and Solid Waste Coordinator Ally Hall had their quarterly meeting with a Republic Services representative today. We are all working to find immediate and permanent solutions for any inconsistencies with trash/recycling routes, apart from weather...
by staff | Jan 6, 2025 | Solid Waste News
County Residents: (red/blue cans) Tuesday routes will run on Wednesday, and all of the following days will run a day behind. Monday routes will get picked up on 1/13, with extra trash pick up permitted. When putting your carts out, please place them as close to the...
