Throughout the county, most of us separate our recycling items from the standard garbage, and either place it in recycling bags or bins. We are all familiar with those orange or blue bags, or blue bins. Recent complaints from local area residents about their recycling pickup service prompted TSPN to investigate. A local man who lives in downtown Jackson, says, “I spend a lot of time sorting out my recycling.” The man claims he has seen, on more than one occasion, Aces Waste service dump both his trash bin and recycling bin into the same truck. According to Paul Molinelli, Jr. of Aces Waste in Pine Grove, they periodically receive calls from customers claiming that their recycling is being added to the trash. Molinilli cleared up the situation by explaining some of their routes. If you have the orange bags for recycling, you may notice the truck driver throwing it in with the trash. Not to worry, when the trucks deposit their loads at the yard, workers pull out the recycling bags. And as for the recycling bins, Ace’s runs different types of trucks on different days, including a split-body truck designed to hold both garbage and recycling items. Some routes use a separate truck for the recycling. So, you may see one truck collect your garbage, and then, later, another truck will pick up your recycling.
If you have further concerns about your trash and recycling pickup service, you can contact your areas’s service provider. For parts of Ione, Lake Camanche, Buena Vista Area, Jackson, Pine Grove, Pioneer, Volcano, Upcountry, and Kirkwood Ski Area, call Aces Waste at 296-2237. For the parts of Ione, Sutter Creek, Plymouth, Amador City, Drytown, Fiddletown, River Pines and Carbondale, call Amador Disposal Service at 274-2454. You can also contact the county’s Waste Management Department at 223-6429.
Throughout the county, most of us separate our recycling items from the standard garbage, and either place it in recycling bags or bins. We are all familiar with those orange or blue bags, or blue bins. Recent complaints from local area residents about their recycling pickup service prompted TSPN to investigate. A local man who lives in downtown Jackson, says, “I spend a lot of time sorting out my recycling.” The man claims he has seen, on more than one occasion, Aces Waste service dump both his trash bin and recycling bin into the same truck. According to Paul Molinelli, Jr. of Aces Waste in Pine Grove, they periodically receive calls from customers claiming that their recycling is being added to the trash. Molinilli cleared up the situation by explaining some of their routes. If you have the orange bags for recycling, you may notice the truck driver throwing it in with the trash. Not to worry, when the trucks deposit their loads at the yard, workers pull out the recycling bags. And as for the recycling bins, Ace’s runs different types of trucks on different days, including a split-body truck designed to hold both garbage and recycling items. Some routes use a separate truck for the recycling. So, you may see one truck collect your garbage, and then, later, another truck will pick up your recycling. 
If you have further concerns about your trash and recycling pickup service, you can contact your areas’s service provider. For parts of Ione, Lake Camanche, Buena Vista Area, Jackson, Pine Grove, Pioneer, Volcano, Upcountry, and Kirkwood Ski Area, call Aces Waste at 296-2237. For the parts of Ione, Sutter Creek, Plymouth, Amador City, Drytown, Fiddletown, River Pines and Carbondale, call Amador Disposal Service at 274-2454. You can also contact the county’s Waste Management Department at 223-6429. 
