The more recycling materials we can sort out of the garbage stream...the lower our costs for garbage collection in the Village. Please help us keep your collection costs lower by recycling more. While our community currently pays $44.22 per ton of garbage placed in a landfill, we actually receive money back for our recyclables...
AUTOMATED COLLECTION MADE IT EASIER
During 2005, Pleasant Prairie introduced automated recycling collection. In 2008, the program was expanded to include automated garbage collection. Automated recycling collection provided an easier way to recycle a larger percentage of household waste by eliminating the need to sort recyclable materials and package them separately for collection. Residents place all recyclable materials into one single cart without sorting.
RECYCLING HELPS CONTROL COLLECTION COSTS
Collecting more recyclable material and less garbage allows Pleasant Prairie’s Solid Waste Utility to keep costs lower for residents. Our community currently pays $44.22 per ton of garbage collected and placed in a landfill. On the other hand, we pay $10.49 per ton of recycled material, in addition to hauling fees, and then receive money back based on the market value of the material at that particular point in time ($50,402 in 2014).
YOUR HELP WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
In the PDF attached below, you will find a chart showing the amount (in tons and percentage) of recyclables collected as opposed to garbage collected since 2005. You’ll notice that during 2007 Village residents recycled more and produced less garbage than any other year since 2005.
Your help will make a difference in the cost our community pays for garbage and recycling services. For each ton of garbage we, as a community, can keep out of the landfill, the less we will pay in tipping fees. Tipping fees are the per ton fee paid for garbage placed in a landfill. They have increased fairly steadily over the past several years (see the Landfill Costs chart in the PDF attached below).
GARBAGE VS RECYCLING COSTS
During 2014, the Village Solid Waste Utility paid garbage tipping fees of $293,447. During 2007, the Village paid $153,286 in garbage tipping fees. During 2014, after recycling fees, rebates, and receipt of a recycling grant, the Village expects to receive $32,762 for recyclable materials.
RATE INCREASE PLANNED FOR 2015
In order to keep up with collection costs, in addition to expanding solid waste services, Pleasant Prairie’s Solid Waste Utility has planned a rate increase during 2015. The Village will continue efforts to keep costs down by encouraging more residents to recycle accepted items (listed in the pdf attached below). With the help of all in our community, the Village will be able to lower the volume of garbage collected in order to help control costs. Village Staff would like to thank all those who are already recycling materials on a regular basis.
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