The city of Medford has unveiled a plan that would move trash pickup to every other week instead of every week starting in July 2027.

The change is part of the city’s expansion of its composting program. Medford launched free, weekly curbside composting in 2024, and received $200,000 in state grants to grow the program.

Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn said the every-other-week pickup plan would reduce waste and save money.

“We are really, actively trying to help our environment,” said Mayor Lungo-Koehn. “We knew that we were paying more than we should be for trash removal, so we wanted to create a contract that suited our financial goals, our sustainability goals.”

While the Medford City Council approved the contract in 2023, City Council President Zac Bears wrote that Lungo-Koehn, “

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