With $4 gas, even trash pickup could cost you more
Submitted by David Staats on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 2:04pm.
As Exxon rakes in profits CNN estimates at $1,485 a second, even the cost of throwing out garbage is going up because of fuel costs.
Caldwell has approved a fuel surcharge to users of Allied Waste Services. Starting in August, residential customers will pay an extra 80 cents a month, and commercial customers will pay more, depending on frequency, type of use and load weights. Senior citizens will be charged 30 cents more a month.
The rates could be adjusted again in six months if fuel prices change.
David Staats
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Give that trash pickup a tune-up and charge for moving...
let us pay by the bag
And, aside from a bit of illegal dumping, you'll see the landfill last an additional 20 years and the collection costs go down.
Please don't tell the Mafia at Allied I said that though.
maybe we should think about...
generating less trash.
what a concept.
it will only blog and run for office...
come to think of it...
picking up trash costs a lot more than $4 a gallon.
Less Trash
The last city I lived in provided these giant cans that could be emptied mechanically. I did think it was rather unfair to pay the same rate as the neighbor who filled 2 giant cans each week, and I put out 1/2 a can full once a month. I can't see how to change the buy and throw away mentality as long as everyone is fixated on their "standard of living" as dictated by advertising.