City of Rockford issued the following announcement on Oct. 20.
Due to illness, as well as related isolation and quarantine, from COVID-19, Rock River Disposal (RRD) is experiencing low staffing levels for all of its service contracts. The City of Rockford has worked with RRD to support their mitigation efforts and help control the spread of COVID-19 within their staff while having the least impact on our residents.
Starting today, recycling pickup will be suspended for two weeks, which is equal to one COVID-19 incubation period. During that time, any recycling that is placed at the curb will be picked up and disposed of with garbage collection. Yard waste will continue weekly.
RRD will reevaluate staffing levels after two weeks and any further changes will be communicated to residents.
UPDATE: Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful will accept certain recyclables in accordance with their website. Please see https://knib.org/recycling/green-guide/what-knib-takes/ for more information.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Rockford
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