Seattle’s Recycling Success Comes With Rising Waste-Collection Costs

Michael van Baker — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:01:54 +0000

The disheartening reward for this outstanding civic behavior is that public utility rates are expected to climb steadily in the future. (Reborn Publicola has details on electricity rates spiking an average of almost five percent each year for six years, for a total of 30 percent by 2018.) Drainage, sewer, and solid waste services would go up almost four percent each year for the next three years.

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Seattle’s Recycling Success Comes With Rising Waste-Collection Costs