City of San Diego brings new, free bins and rolling dumpsters to most flood-impacted streets NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

A group of workers from the City of San Diego’s Environmental Services Department went door-to-door in the Southcrest neighborhood on Saturday, connecting residents with resources and giving them new trash, compost and recycling bins.

“We understand that some containers may have blown down or floated down the streets because of the storm and so we want to make it as easy and fast as possible to replace those broken or missing containers,” Andrea Deleon, the interim deputy director of the department’s waste reduction division, told NBC 7.

Deleon was part of a team that met with people on Beta Street. They would ask if people needed any trash services or collection and offer to give them new, no-cost bins.

“[They] could be up to $95,” she said. “$70 for the container itself, but $25 in addition if you want to have it delivered to your home.”

A large truck with dozens of …