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Sanitation workers face busy schedule
Published January 4, 2008
Solid waste pick-up personnel in Scottsboro and Jackson County have had unusually busy days since Christmas.
Garbage collection immediately after Christmas is traditionally the busiest time of the year for them and apparently throughout most areas of the United States.
Randy Webster, director of the Jackson County Solid Waste Department, said the pick-up appeared to be a little heavier than usual with Christmas wrapping paper, boxes, Christmas trees and related items.
He said workers in the county were out picking up two days of garbage Wednesday and that he would know more the latter part of this week on what those two days were like. Garbage collection routes in the county were run every weekday except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
The number of Christmas trees won’t be known until later this week, Webster said, because most people don’t discard their trees until a few days after Christmas.
He said it is unknown whether there is an overall trend toward more artificial Christmas trees that are stored and re-used each Christmas. Webster said that topic was discussed recently, but they reached no conclusion.
A few people take their traditional Christmas trees to toss in or around a favorite fishing hole. The natural trees seem to some people to help attract fish.
David Hardric, foreman over trash and debris pickup for the Scottsboro Street Department, said the pick-up this season was about like usual with the biggest items being where people purchased new televisions, stoves, refrigerators and other appliances, but the most popular items besides appliances seemed to be boxes from computer games and televisions.
He said the appliances are varied such as refrigerators, stoves, hot water heaters and mattresses.
Hardric believes in Scottsboro there is a trend toward artificial trees being stored and re-used each Christmas.
The discarded appliances are mostly out of working order and old, but a few of them are probably in working condition although the Street Department does not have the manpower or time to check them out.
The department’s chores of picking up leaves and other debris also continues through the holidays as well as mostly from November through February.
Judging from discarded material, Hardric believes most people in Scottsboro had Christmases about like the past year.
Hardric, who has been with the Street Department for 24 years, has experienced debris over the years reflecting the popularity of computers including computer games as well as updated TVs.
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