The city will be adding 17 more containers for cardboard at the city sites to handle the increased recycling, said Gene Hanlon, recycling coordinator.

“That will more than double the capacity we currently have and we hope that is enough to handle the demand,” he said. Hanlon expects more people will also sign up for curbside recycling at their homes.

The ban will also apply to trash brought to the city landfill from outside the city limits, effectively requiring people in the county to recycle cardboard.

Councilman Trent Fellers, who worked out the compromise issues over the past few weeks, said he will vote for the recycling ordinance and expects one or two of the other Republican council members to also approve the cardboard ban.

The City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposal at its Jan. 30 meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. They will likely vote on it at a Feb. 6 meeting.

The proposal will not have any criminal penalties attached. Haulers will be required to separate cardboard from other trash at the landfill or pay the city staff to do it.

"No one is going to be be policing your trash," said Councilwoman Leirion Gaylor Baird.