County Residents Get Reprieve On User-Pay Garbage Fee Increases
by Patrick Raftis
GUELPH – Wellington County residents will get a reprieve on a planned increase in the cost of user-pay garbage fees.
At its Jan. 12 meeting, the county’s solid waste services committee recommended that effective July 1 user fees be increased by 50 cents for curbside user-pay bags, both large and small, and the same increase be applied for the disposal of a garbage bag at county waste facilities.
Currently the county charges $1.75 per large bag and $1 per small bag for cubside pickup, and $1 per bag taken to a landfill site or transfer station….
