City ends charge for new garbage containers

Did you purchase a city-issued garbage can recently? If so, you are due a refund.

Did you purchase a city-issued garbage can recently? If so, you are due a refund.

 

 

By Charles Sercombe
Left hand, meet the right hand.
In Hamtramck, the city administration learned something new recently from one of its key service providers. At a recent city council work session, the city’s sanitation contractor, Green For Life (GFL) Environmental USA, Inc., said it had not been billing the city to replace lost garbage cans for at least the past year, or so.
That seemed to blindside the city administration. The Public Works Department has been billing residents $100 for a can.
The matter came up in causal discussion about extending the contract with the company. The city council later approved the two-year extension.
But it was decided that those who purchased the last 200 cans the city charged for will now get a reimbursement. However, it’s up to residents and homeowners who bought one to go to city hall and ask for a refund.
The city will research each request to see if the purchase in question was made for any of the last 200 cans issued.
And for now on, the city will no longer charge for a can – at least as long as Green For Life continues to offer them for no charge.

7 Responses to City ends charge for new garbage containers

  1. Rabia Saqib

    May 24, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    Hi!! The cover of my garbage can is missing since they took my garbage. Now my garbage can is without cover which gives invitations to bees and rats so kindly exchange my garbage can and give me a new one with cover. I will desperately waiting for your reply. Thank you in advance!

  2. doretha benson

    July 26, 2021 at 9:02 am

    How do i get a trash can replaced?
    set my can out for trash pickup last week, when I went to bring it from alley to yard it was not there.
    12129 lumpkin is my address(was on can)!
    Walked up and down alley checking address on cans, none were mines. What should I do? I have no can to put my trash in. Please HELP!!! THANK YOU***

  3. Hamid alsalme

    August 6, 2021 at 9:32 am

    I lost my trash can I didn’t found it can u please replaced me another one as soon as possible
    My address 2927 Dan st 48212

  4. Terrence Ford

    January 7, 2022 at 5:37 pm

    Hello….i need a extra garbage can please…because i dont have extra can area for my trash…i reall need one…my name is terrence ford…my address…5005 yemans st…48212

  5. Abu shahan shakil

    March 5, 2022 at 11:59 am

    I lost my trash can I didn’t found it can you please replace me another one as soon as possible

    My address is 11365 Klinger St Hamtramck mi 48212

  6. Abu shahan shakil

    March 9, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    I lost my trash can I didn’t found it can you please please replace me another one as soon as possible please please. If I need to pay I will pay

    My address is 11365 Klinger St Hamtramck mi 48212

  7. Rhonda Wingo

    April 28, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    Someone keeps stealing my trash cans and I had two because of a two family flat and they’re both gone. Please replace and thank you

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