Local concerns over whether Redwood Empire Disposal trucks have been collecting recycling and garbage in the same receptacles received a response this week, when an administrator for the group that oversees Redwood said drivers had indeed been collecting them together and separating the items manually at a disposal yard—but only because the fleet has been down one truck lately.
Jim Salyers, of the Ratto Group, said he had directed supervisors to discontinue the practice. Instead,…