Trash-bin laden in Lynn

LYNN – The two large green plastic bins dropped off in her driveway Monday reminded Liz Gandolfo she will have to do a better job separating recyclable trash from the rest of her garbage.?I cheat,” said the Jenness Street resident.Gandolfo and 1,800 other Lynn residents received a 96-gallon recycling bin and a 64-gallon trash bin Monday. Each bin is mounted on wheels with an attached lid and, beginning Dec. 1, residents will abandon their mismatched trash barrels and use the bins for rubbish and recycling. The bins are free.?I?m not a recycler, but this will make me more perfect about it,” said Gandolfo.That?s the attitude Lynn Department of Public Works officials and representatives of Waste Management, the city?s refuse collector, want homeowners, landlords and tenants to adopt in order to make the city?s new automated trash collection system work.Waste Management drivers will use a mechanical arm to scoop up the bins at curbside, empty them and return the bins to the curb. Residents will not see a change in their current weekly trash-collection days or biweekly recycling days. Different trucks will be used for trash and recycling collection.DPW Commissioner Andrew Hall said the trash bin will hold five 13-gallon trash bags. Gandolfo said she typically puts two full barrels out on trash day, so she will have to improve her recycling habits to reduce that amount.?This pushes us in the right direction,” she said.A four-page brochure describing automated collection arrived in local mailboxes last week and a more detailed brochure will be mailed in November.Hall said residents who need extra bins can rent them for $132 a year. Under automated collection, bulk items such as old furniture and other trash too large to fit in a bin cannot be placed curbside on collection days. Residents can pay $20 to have Waste Management pick up bulk items or they can store them for discarding on DPW dumpster days.Workers with First On Time LLC, a distributor working for Michigan-based bin maker Cascade Cart Solutions, will distribute 54,000 bins during the next five weeks following the city?s weekday trash schedule. People who are on the city?s “green” week recycling schedule will initially receive bins followed by residents on the “blue” recycling week schedule. Cascade Northeast Sales Manager Wayne LaMalva said residents living in neighborhoods along Lynnfield Street and Broadway were excited Monday to see the bins with their yellow “do not use until December 1″ tags.?People are telling us, ?Why haven?t we done this sooner??” LaMalva said.