Why don’t you accept plastic bags?

We have found that the plastic bags tend to take flight out of the trucks while we dump your container, and we do not want to pollute the neighborhoods we drive through. We suggest seeing if your local grocery store has a plastic bag collection box or taking your plastic grocery bags to McIntire Recycling Center to be recycled. 

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1. How often will my cart be serviced?
2. Where should I place the new cart on my pick up day?
3. Can I request a smaller cart?
4. Can I get more than one cart if I would like to recycle a higher volume?
5. How much will it cost me?
6. I live in a house shared by multiple tenants, will we each get a cart?
7. I live in an apartment complex with a dumpster. Will I get a cart?
8. My road is currently not maintained by the City of Charlottesville. Can this be changed?
9. What do you do with the recycled items?
10. What is the meaning of single-stream? I thought it meant you could combine trash and recycling.
11. Why don’t you accept plastic bags?
12. What about plastic lids and caps?
13. What can I do with the items you don’t accept?
14. Do you have a composting program?