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Twin Falls, Idaho, City Council to Hear Proposals on Recycling Program
The city is considering whether to continue offering the program in the face of rising costs.
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Frank Kovalchek
The City Council of Twin Falls, Idaho, is weighing its options in the face of rising recycling costs and will hear proposals from its utility billing department and its waste services contractor regarding the continuation of its recycling program.
The service provider, PSI Environmental Services Inc., and the utility billing department will present a number of options to the council, ranging from cancelling the program altogether to raising rates for customers in order to make up for rising costs.
MagicValley.com has more information:
On the other hand, the city could decide to increase fees to pay for recycling. The problem is that costs have fluctuated much over the past year, so the city would have to aim high on how much it estimates it would need to collect to keep the program going. It would likely require a public hearing.
At last year’s costs, a rate increase would equate to about $7.44 per year per customer. Baxter recognizes that people on fixed incomes may not be able to afford that change, even if they are supportive of recycling.
The third option the City Council could consider would be to determine a maximum cost-per-ton at which the city would agree to recycle. When costs rose above that, recycling would be collected and sent to the landfill instead, at a cost of $37.50 per ton.
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