This is an update on the commencement of service with GFL Environmental, the new waste and recycling vendor for all homes in Loch Alpine:

If Waste Management has not retrieved your WM wheeled container(s), you should contact WM directly (please don't contact the Board of Directors or a member of the Board):

A number of residents have indicated preference for 18 gallon recycling bins instead of 65 gallon recycling carts.  Dave Stockson is talking to the GFL transition manager about this topic and a possible batch exchange for the limited number of interested residents. More information will follow later next week.

 

July 7 is the next scheduled treatment of our lakes to control algae and aquatic weeds. Minimum 24-hour no swimming in the lakes -- people and pets.  Keep your pets from drinking lake water for 14 days following treatment. Please also refer to the notices posted around the lakes and on many mail-posts for important details. Treatment details can be found on our website.  If you have neighbors who don't use internet communication, kindly share this information with them.

 

Waste Management (WM), the current trash collection provider to Loch Alpine and adjacent subdivisions, has advised the Board that it will stop providing all service to Loch Alpine after the June 24 collection day. This is due to the pending Scio Township ordinance limiting trash haulers operating in the township. The notification to LAIA from WM last week included the following:

With the upcoming single hauler services ordinance in Scio Township unfortunately, we will not be able to continue offering services after June 30,2020… All Loch Alpine accounts will be closed effective June 30, and the last service day will be Wednesday, June 24. All existing Waste Management carts will be removed after the final service. Please advise residents to leave the WM carts at the curb until removal. All recycle 18 gallon bins will not be removed, the residents can keep them for storage or dispose of them. (Click here to read the full notice.)

LAIA determined years ago that allowing only one trash service operating on one weekday was beneficial for traffic safety, limiting wear of our streets, noise and visual ambiance. Scio has decided the same, proposing one provider, GFL Environmental, for all residential trash service in the township. Loch Alpine would be required to subscribe to GFL. Therefore, the LAIA Board is moving quickly with a GFL representative to have individual accounts set-up for all Loch Alpine residents to facilitate seamless waste and recycling service upon WM's termination with minimal gap time. We are committed to maintaining the benefits of only one service provider operating on our streets, so Loch Alpine households in Webster Township also will be required to subscribe to GFL.



Details on the township ordinance and proposed agreement with GFL, including negotiated residential rates, will be sent to you as available. We are very disappointed that Waste Management will not extend its service contract until the Scio-GFL agreement is final. Quarterly charges will be higher during the interim. In the meantime, GFL has been provided with resident names, addresses and contact information and plans to contact each owner by phone. The Board will continue to work closely with GFL to get the best rate available.