Cars were backed up for a block at the entrance to the Sisson Street Citizen Drop-off Center today, the first day under a new policy that suspends recycling collections in Baltimore until November 1.

The city workers directing traffic at the scene were cheerful (“Pull right over there by that red car, young lady!”), but the rules they were observing did not match those on the Department of Public Works website.

Citizens may bring recyclables in pick-up trucks, whether private or rented from U-Haul, the employees said, but box trucks could not be used.

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