MADISON HEIGHTS — The city of Madison Heights recently began the rollout of new high-capacity carts for trash and recycling.

Beginning Oct. 6, the carts will be required for curbside pickup, although residents who are physically unable to move the carts can contact the city for a special exemption where sanitation workers will walk up to their home, retrieve the cart, empty it and return it.

To add your home address to the exemption list, call the Department of Public Services at (248) 589-2294.

During a kickoff ceremony Aug. 18 at the bandshell in Civic Center Park, officials touted the program as a historic expansion of the city’s recycling efforts — the largest of its kind in the city’s 70-year history.

“This project is about more than just waste management. It’s about investing in

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