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Knoxville Drops Idea of Outside Recycling Program, But Suggests Trash Rates May Rise
Knoxville residents might soon be seeing an increase in their trash bills.

The Knoxville City Council's Sanitation Committee met Monday night to discuss how they would tackle a proposal for a new recycling program in town.

At their last full council meeting, representatives from Eagle Enterprises Recycling from Galva, proposed a deal to the council for a new program that would cost only about $3,80 per household for the program. The overall cost to Knoxville would have been around $55,000 per year.

Knoxville Mayor Terry Pool tells WGIL the proposed deal is just something the city can't afford, but he'd still like to see something done to help go green. "We crunched the numbers (Monday night), and it would be more cost effective if we do it ourselves," Pool said. "But we'd have to raise the fee a few dollars because we're losing money on the program. We talked about doing away with the program altogether, but I think we have a duty to the community of the future to do green for the community, green for the country, and try to do recycling and try to do the right thing."

Pool says residents are paying just over six-dollars per month which includes trash, sewer and recycling.

The committee seemed to decide to recommend an increase in a household's garbage bill by $2 per month, bringing the total to just over $8 for the pick-up. Pool says a couple extra bucks more per month seems reasonable to him.

The council will vote on the issue at their next meeting on September 8th.
08 26 09 by Newsroom
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