The city of Berkeley says it needs to raise rates for garbage pickup service, but the plan officials have come up with will charge the biggest increases to people producing the least trash.
At a meeting last month, Councilmembers got a reality check when it comes to what they charge for garbage service.
The cost of refuse pickup has gone up, but any rate hikes are being influenced by Prop 218, a 1996 ballot initiative that mandates that fees must be based on the actual cost of service. "We've identified that Prop 218 is not consistent with the kinds of incentives we want to build in to promote recycling and composting," Berkeley Public Works Director Liam Garland told the council. "There's certain parts of Prop 218 that make that difficult."
President of the Northern California Recyclers Association Jessica Jane Robinson said these kinds of discounts are now being re-examined all over the state.
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