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Waste Haulers Continue To Protest, Is Waste Management Listening?

ST. CROIX -- Waste Haulers on St. Croix, now burdened by tipping fees that took effect on Tuesday, continue to protest the fees' implementation, contending that their businesses will be adversely affected, some even to the point of closure. Above, James Bates of Bates Trucking. The haulers gathered at the Waste Management Authority offices in Williams Delight near the Sunshine Mall on Tuesday, and spoke with media houses about the situation. They had relayed to the public the very same frustrations only days before on Friday at the Senate building in Frederiksted. On Tuesday their stance remained the same. They feared they had become tax collectors, as Waste Management has encumbered them with the job of collecting the tipping fees from customers, with the new charges ranging from zero to over a thousand dollars for on bin. The new structure sees waste haulers charging customers an average of $52 per ton. At that price, a 22-ton bin would run a customer $1,144, and that's jus...