No more blue bags
The City of Columbia Solid Waste Division has announced that it will no longer bring trash and recycling bags to your door.
Beginning the week of Dec. 10, Columbia's famous blue recycling bags (which I am sure have served many as laundry bags/receptacles for moving out of your former domicile) will now be available at select retail businesses around the city, and will be obtainable through vouchers that will be distributed by mail. The vouchers will allow to obtain 25 black trash bags and 18 recycling bags. You won't have to pay for the bags as long as you have a voucher.
A list of businesses that provide the bags will be available on the city Web site.
A private company, Phoenix Recycling, Inc., will now administer the bags and provide the vouchers. If you have any questions about the voucher system, or if you do not start receiving the vouchers, contact the company at 1-800-866-3954.