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residents voiced opinions of their constitutional right to choose their own trash
company. Altoona City Council promptly folded and residents are still free to
choose with today's costs generally $22.00US or more per household. The
only positive outcome from this initiative was the division of the city into four
separate areas, each with weekly uniform collection days (Figure 2).
Collection days are named according to the main section of the city where
collection occurs on that particular day. For instance, households that live in
the Juniata section of Altoona have solid waste collection on Thursday.
Subsequent figures presented in this article represent Thursday collection in
the Juniata section of Altoona. Uniform collection days have improved the
ability to monitor curbside collection, something the IRC or county office
were never able to do before because recycling could be set-out on any of
twelve days over a two week collection cycle.
Figure 2. City of Altoona Solid Waste Collection Areas.
