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Tipping Fee For Commercial Solid Waste to Increase $1.25 Yearly for Five Years, Waste Management Reveals During Town Hall

Roger Merritt, executive director of the V.I. Waste Management Authority has disclosed that the tipping fee for commercial solid waste that will commence on January 10, 2022, is scheduled to increase by $1.25 yearly for the first five years of implementation. Addressing a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday where the topic was to explain the justification behind the implementation of the new tipping fees, he said that the fees will be used to improve the operations of the landfills in the territory. “One of the things we wanted to make sure we did because there was not a tipping fee before, is that we implement starting at a very low number and as the years progress that fee will increase on a yearly basis from year-one to year-five,” he said. “Our starting year will be $2.50, and in next year it will $3.75… and by year five it will be $7,” he announced in the meeting which was facilitated via Zoom and broadcasted live via the Facebook page of the authority. Mr. Merritt describe...