Dallas thinks single stream.A recent Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. City Council discussion focused on an idea that might allow the city to become a municipal recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. leader. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the plan presented to the city council, recyclables would be commingled into a single container and collected twice per month. The city council also is considering providing Dallas's roughly 250,000 households with 96-gallon recycling carts and tagged bags. While Dallas currently offers curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: collection services to its residents, council members say they hope the changes being discussed will sharply increase the volume of recyclable re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. material collected. The city is seeking a seven-year contract with a three-year extension. The city council is developing specifications and will release bid opportunities for collection, processing and supplying roll carts to residents. The city calculates that the new program, along with a significant boost in promotional activity, would double the average participation rate from 25 percent to 50 percent in five years. The city also anticipates that the volume of recyclables collected would increase from 8,250 tons (Transparent Optical Networking Services) A marketing term for providing dark fiber to a customer. The customer is responsible for generating the transmission signal and interpreting it at the other end. See dark fiber. per year to 43,600 tons per year, generating more than $1 million in revenue. The city currently has three requests for proposals out, including one to collect solid waste twice per week, one for the twice-monthly collection of curbside recycling; and one for containers. If council approves the changes to the curbside recycling program, the city could implement the revamped program as soon as this fall. |
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