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Now online: www.upandcomingweekly.com Call 484-6200 JERRY DIETZEN, Environmental Services Director, Contribu ng Writer. 433 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301-5537 www.FayettevilleNC.gov (910) 433-1FAY (1329) /cityoffayettevillegovernment Insta Join Team Fayetteville! Follow Your City on: Engaging You About Your City Government Engaging You About Your City Government Environmental Services and the 2015 Citizens' Survey A citizens' survey is conducted every other year. The latest information is from the survey conducted in the fall of 2015. 68% of residents who responded to the survey indicated that they believe Fayetteville is a good place to live. Of all the City utility services provided, Solid Waste collection was ranked the highest. 77% of respondents said that they were either very satisfied or satisfied with their garbage collection services. Recycling collection ranked just below that at 76% and yard waste collection came in at 70%. The only service ranked higher than solid waste collection was fire protection services. Environmental Services gathers data from on-board telecommunications on our trucks and from our call center software to track our collection rates and to determine where we need improvements. With this information, the department has been working diligently to reduce the number of missed collections over the past year or so. As a result, the department has been holding steady at 99.99% successful collection rate since before Christmas. Electronics Waste (E-Waste) Drive and Paper Shredding Event The next E-waste drive, presented by The Re-Store Warehouse, will be held on April 2 from 8 a.m. - noon at the Cumberland County Court House parking lot. The lot is on the corner of Gillespie Street and Otis Jones Parkway in Fayetteville. The E-waste drive is held twice each year. E-waste is any electronic device with a cord. For instance we will take TVs up to 36", old computers, lap tops, stereos, radios, lamps, vacuum cleaners, irons, coffee pots and just about anything else that plugs in. Bring those old cords and cables that go with them too. Last November we collected 6.23 tons of electronics and we would like your help to set a new record. For this event we will also have "A-Shred-Ahead" available for residents who want to shred sensitive documents at no charge. The shredder will take paper clips but not 3-ring binders or cardboard boxes. Please bring only those items that are security sensitive and recycle the rest in your recycling bin. This is highly popular and there may be a little wait. The E-waste drive is cosponsored by the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, Sustainable Sandhills and Fayetteville Beautiful. Duke University Students Partner for Project Masters' Degree candidates from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University are assisting the Environmental Services Department with a practical project currently in progress. After discussion, it was decided that they could help us learn which of three different communication strategies might change residents' behavior. Together we selected cart placement as the core of the project. We sent the Duke students many types of communications we have used in the past to help Fayetteville residents change the way they put their garbage carts to the curb. This change became important as the City moved to the use of automated trucks for collection. After analyzing our communications, they designed a letter and a graphic sticker and presented us with their proposed plan. Our department selected four neighborhoods with each having 100 homes as the test areas. Each area is monitored on its collection day over a three week period as to how the cart is placed. Group one is the control, where neither communication pieces are issued. Group two received a letter hand delivered to each home. The letter asks, in part, for their help with cart placement. Group three has the brightly colored sticker affixed to their carts as a reminder on the most important point of placement. Group four received both the letter and sticker. The data collected during the test period is forwarded to the students who will analyze if there are noticeable changes in behaviors that can be directly attributed to the type of communication that group received. A noticeable change would indicate that our department continue to use the method that prompted it. This exciting opportunity can lead to other testing in the future, giving the City a more scientific view of how behavior can be changed to some degree. These students have a practical challenge that allows them to practice in real life how to effect changes that work. Recruitment The Environmental Services Department is a great place to work. The benefits are outstanding and so are the hours. We are always in need of good qualified refuse truck drivers. Many of our trucks are automated or semi-automated so tossing garbage cans by hand is a rarity these days. If you are good with computers, that's a plus since our trucks have on-board systems that require a little technical know-how too. The position requires a good driving record and we prefer applicants with a NC Commercial Driver's License. For job openings please go to www.FayettevilleNC.gov.