Refuse and Recycling Fees Increase May 1, 2010

Refuse and Recycling Fee Increase

The costs of providing refuse and recycling services havecontinued to rise in recent years. In the spring of 2008 it became
evident that the rising costs of fuel, equipment, labor and disposal fees could no longer be absorbed by the City of Carbondale Solid Waste Fund and that increases in fees were necessary. In order to keep residents from having to burden a large increase all at one time, it was recommended to the City Council that the necessary fee increases be spread out over a three year period. On April 15, 2008, the Carbondale City Council adopted a resolution to raise the City's residential refuse collection fee by $0.75 per year for three years and the City's recycling assessment by $0.25 per year for three years. May 1, 2010 marks the third scheduled increase, whereupon the City's Residential Refuse Collection fee will increase $0.75 to $9.50 per month and the City's recycling fee will raise $0.25 to $2.00 per month. These small increases allow the City of Carbondale to continue to provide quality refuse and recycling collection services to its residents at a relatively low cost.