Idaho Falls No Longer Providing Recycling Bins, Hauling Due to Rising Costs

Starting next year, Idaho Falls will no longer provide recycling bins or hauling of recycled items due to rising fees.

Idaho Falls Sanitation Division had provided the community with large bins at multiple locations for more than 20 years. Employees would haul the items to Pacific Recycling to be recycled at no cost to the city. In March, costs increased from $0 to $84 per ton.

“We understand and value the importance of protecting and conserving resources, but the rising cost associated with recycling those items just became too expensive for the city to continue,” Idaho Falls Sanitation Superintendent Jordan Rechenmacher said.

According to Pacific Recycling, the rising costs has to do with fuel costs.

“It’s just fuel costs is what it comes down to. Fuel costs for the freight,” Pacific Recycling Branch Manager in Idaho Falls Bobby Moore said.

Kerry Hammon, Idaho Falls spokeswoman, says that the city will still provide glass recycling as that is handled by a different process.

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