Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen says while automated garbage collection in Jamestown is anticipated to start in Jamestown in early October, the automated recycling collection has been further delay possibly into November this year.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, she said the delay in the delivery of the automated collection trucks is based on changes in government regulations concerning fuel efficiency of the truck and other issues.

No hard date has been set for the start of residential recycling collection, stemming from contract re-negotiations between the city and Renaissance Recycling of Jamestown concerning having the facilities and equipment ready.

Until the start of the automated trucks collection of garbage, residents may still set out items that will not fit in the garbage bins next to the bins.

Mayor Andersen pointed out that the delay in residential recycling, may cause residents to re-think the size of the garbage containers they ordered, needing more space for items that were planned to be recycled.

She added, in light of the delay in recycling the city will not, for now, charge for any bin size change requests.