Waste Management

A special committee appointed to study the troubled system has identified a number of issues to explore further, including the possibility of higher fees.

Although Jacksonville resumed curbside pick-up this week, the service has remained suspended in Clay since August, two months before Jacksonville stopped it.

Potential refunds could be pulled from other parts of the city’s budget or federal COVID relief dollars instead.

Jacksonville suspended curbside recycling last week because of a backlog in regular trash pickup. Although the city plans to resume recycling at some point, no one knows for sure when.

City Council this week approved a spending plan for the city’s American Rescue Plan funds that allocates $4 million toward emergency fixes for trash collection problems, and another $4.5 million toward the city’s new contract with the trash collection company Meridian Waste Florida.

For those waiting weeks for weeks for yard waste to be picked up, help could be on the way. The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee on Tuesday…