WM trash pickup... doubts about recycling

[lovefourpaws.livejournal.com]

I was driving behind a WM trash truck today on Boston Ave. (it is technically Medford, but I figure that's close enough) and saw the workers tossing the trash, cardboard, paper and plastics into the compactor all at once. I'm pretty sure Somerville's  trash and recycling get picked up separately (at least mine do...) so I was just curious to see if any Medford residents knew about this.

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[heliopsis.livejournal.com]

I know that my trash and recycling in Medford are always picked up by separate trucks, because I usually see one or another get picked up before I leave for work in the morning, and the other is gone by the time I get home.

If people prepare their recycling incorrectly, the recyclers won't take it and the trash people pick it up so that it won't blow around the neighbourhood. Perhaps that's what lovefourpaws saw.

[lovefourpaws.livejournal.com]

I think that may be it, because I usually see the two separate trucks. Hopefully this was just a fluke.