Combined
Programs: The following municipalities have
amalgamated to form a new municipalitiy but each previously
existing municipality has kept its own user pay program.
| Municipality |
Start
Date |
Unit
Cost |
System
Description |
Revenues
Offset |
Initial
Goals for Implementing a User Pay System |
| North
Perth, Town |
01-Jan-98 |
$1.00/tag (Elma),
$1.00/tag for the first bag, $2.00/tag for the second bag
(Listowel) |
Elma: residents can set
out 2 bags for every collection (biweekly) at no direct
charge; additional bags require a tag which can be
purchased at the township office, stores, garages or
restaurants. Listowel: residents can set out a maximum of
2 bags per week. The first bag requires one tag and the
second bag requires two tags. Wallace: mostly rural,
residents take their garbage to the landfill themselves
or hire a contractor to collect garbage. |
Revenues offset the costs
of operating the landfill. |
Reduce waste, increase
recycling and diversion. |
| Perth
South, Township |
11-Apr-96 |
$2.00/tag |
Blanshard and Downie
Townships amalgamated, Blanshard has kept its user pay
system. Residents receive 40 "free" tags a
year; additional tags can be purchased from municipal
offices and council members. |
Waste collection and
disposal costs. |
Reduce waste, increase
recycling and diversion. |
| Quinte
West, City |
01-Jan-95 |
$2.00/tag |
Frankford Village, Murray
Township, Sidney Township, and Trenton City have
amalgamated. The city of Quinte West has a full user pay
tag system. Each ward runs its own user pay program, but
the tag prices have been made equal to avoid people
transferring garbage to dump it where it is cheaper. |
Waste collection and
disposal. Recycling is included in the tax base. |
Reduce waste, increase
recycling and diversion, increase equity. A 71% reduction
in waste is planned for the year 2000. |
| Stone
Mills, Township |
|
Camden East: $1.00/tag;
Newburg: $1.50 flat rate for garbage pickup; Sheffield:
if a full blue box is brought in, a free tag is given,
otherwise, $1.00/tag. |
All bags of garbage set
out for collection require a tag for pick up. In November
1993 a partial user pay system was implemented where
residents received 52 free tags a year. In January of
1996 a full user pay system was implemented where all
garbage set out for collection requires a tag. Residents
can purchase tags at the local municipal offices. |
Camden East: waste
collection and disposal. Newburg: waste collection and
disposal. Sheffield: The revenue is put into a reserve
fund which is kept for funding a new landfill site and
closing the old one. |
Camden East: To subsidize
other solid waste programs (ie. further landfill
development and closure). Newburg: Reduce waste, increase
recycling and diversion. Sheffield: Subsidize other solid
waste programs (landfill). |
| West
Perth, Township |
01-Jan-98 |
$1.00/tag(Fullarton and
Logan), $2.00/tag (Hibbert and Mitchel) |
A full user pay tag
system is present in all wards within the new
municipality. Residents can purchase tags for their
programs at variety stores, town offices, a farm supply
store, a gas station, and a landfill site. |
Landfill operation. In
Hibbert and Mitchel, revenues cover door to door pick up. |
Increase equity, reduce
waste, increase recycling and diversion. |