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The City of Long Beach has suspended all recycling until further notice.
Christina Daly/Herald
Effective immediately, all recycling services for the City of Long Beach have been temporarily suspended because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
City Council President John Bendo said in a statement on Thursday evening that due to high Covid-19 cases in the contracting company that picks up the city’s recycling, the city was forced to suspend the service.
“Due to the nature of the work, the contractor the City utilizes for recycling has been hit extremely hard by Covid-19 and cannot continue to process single-stream recycling during the pandemic,” Bendo said.
Bendo is asking all residents to include their recycling with their garbage, which will be picked up on its normal schedule.
“We will be resuming City-wide recycling as soon as possible and will communicate any additional changes to the program in the days and weeks ahead,” Bendo said.
Compiled by Darwin Yanes
