Star Tribune: St. Paul neighbors unite to reduce number of trash haulers
St. Paul residents are free to choose their garbage collectors, but some are trying to organize neighbors around a single hauler to reduce the number of trucks rumbling through their roads.
Park Bugle: Greening a neighborhood one alley at a time
Mary Hamel did something recently that few people do: She thought about her garbage. Specifically, she thought about the different trucks driving down her alley every week, picking up trash. It didn't seem to make sense.
The Villager: Waste not: St. Paul neighbors who share an alley save money and the environment by agreeing to use same trash hauler
There are 64 licensed garbage haulers operating in St. Paul, and some weeks it seems that a dozen ofthem are driving down many of the alleys in town.
Pioneer Press: Removing waste alley by alley
Todd Seabury-Kolod's revolution is only two blocks long. But his victory is easy to see: Lining the alley are rows of identical trash bins - most bearing the same garbage hauler's name. Before Seabury-Kolod's crusade, trucks from seven haulers barreled through his alley in Macalester-Groveland.
