Dear Editor:

As a resident of our beautiful city, I realized an increase in trash pickup fees during Covid-19. Good timing.

I am asking our City Council to initiate a study by city staff or a consultant to find an alternative to track pickup cycles for single-family homes.

For example, if we increase pickup cycles to every other week or every 12, 17 or 18 days for each separate items (green, trash and recyclables), we wouldn’t need pickups all at once. I checked my neighbor’s containers and found them less than half empty with weekly pickups.

My objective is to protect us from future fee increases and to reduce negative environmental impacts from emissions, noise, traffic congestion, etc.

Moustafa Elsherif
Downey