Trash collection: Another steep round of hikes Atherton, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Oct 21, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Rates that already went up in July will go up again, with the total of the two increases meaning many Atherton residents' garbage bills will have doubled in a little more than six months.
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Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, on Oct 21, 2011 at 12:18 pm Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Almanac Online
This was predicted at the time that the rates were last set. The Town entered into a very bad 10 year contract with Recology that virtually guarantees that Recology will recover its costs plus a profit.
There is nothing that can be done now expect make sure that the new rates will a) cover that cost and b) be structured in such a way that each individual customer pays their actual costs so that one set of customers is not subsidizing another set of customers. The increased charges for green-waste carts is a step in the right direction.
Posted by Dharma, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood, on Oct 22, 2011 at 2:26 pm
My house, two people, generates less than one cubic foot of trash per week. The rest is recycling; we could delver it all to the Shoreway transfer facility. With the latest raise to cover those $75k/year drivers and their robot trucks, maybe that's the answer.
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