City Asking Residents To Keep Space Between Collection Bins

With the addition of a recycling program in the next two weeks, most Huron residents will have a third, if not more, containers to put out for collection on a weekly basis. Solid Waste Superintendent Dale Fortin says it’s important to keep some space between brown garbage cans, green yard waste containers and the new blue and yellow recycling bins…

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Fortin says about three feet is needed on all sides of a can, but says it doesn’t have to be three feet side to side…

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Residents should also make sure that collection containers are not under the eaves of a house or garage or the eave may be struck by the collection truck as it picks a container up.