Vancouver Residents Struggle with Recycling Delays

0:00Residents in downtown Vancouver, False Creek, and Mount Pleasant are dealing with six weeks of missed curbside recycling pickups, leaving bins, overflowing and bags piled up everywhere. The problem kicked off with a switch to a new contractor, recycling alternative, who started servicing the area on February 16. The main headaches come from trouble getting into buildings that need key fobs and delays snagging new collection trucks, thanks to supply chain snags. In tariffs hitting the whole industry hard, they've been limping along with rental trucks that keep breaking down. Folks are fed up, like one stradda member I care line a man or who's been calling the contractor for over a month with empty promises and even the city. Mine win nowhere, no choice but to stack sort of recycling and clear bags on the street. Now, access issues are clearing up with those key fobs in hand, and the crews hitting backlogs by running routes on weekends and evenings. Local BC says keep sorting as usual, label bags for containers, paper or cardboard, and

1:01they'll grab it all. Things just smooth out as soon as they ramp up, so hang tight and stay green, Vancouver. This has been Vancouver News Today, powered by AI, Encorey with the story.