You may want to ask the recycling office if they can change the route to
pick up in front of your houses on that block instead of behind. I know
they mentioned that the trucks they use for recycling are too big to fit
down some of the alley streets, which is why they carry the bins down to the
The alleys east of Guilford and north of 30th are narrow, not like the named
alleys west of Guilford Avenue. The residents were asked to put their
recycling in front of their homes because the trucks cannot negotiate the
smaller alleys. The workers now spend extra time collecting from both
