FORT SMITH, Ark. — Some changes are coming to how trash is collected in Fort Smith.
On Tuesday (Aug. 18) the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a change in the recycling pick-up schedule to bi-weekly instead of every week.
A brush collection service or large yard waste service will also be added.
This will begin Oct. 5.
The City says collecting recycling every two weeks would save the city about $150,000 a year.
Garbage collections rates will also be increasing.
City directors approved an ordinance that increases rates by about 19.5% phased over the next two years starting Oct. 1, 2020.
It all adds up to a $2.61 increase.