In Defiant Stance, Waste Management To Move Forward With Tipping Fees Implementation
- Ernice Gilbert
- August 01, 2017
ST. CROIX -- Even after the owners of waste hauling companies gathered at the Senate building in Frederiksted on Friday voicing their concerns about what was described as exorbitant tipping fees set to take effect today, and made a collective decision not to pickup the waste of businesses or jobs for private citizens who require bins, Waste Management Authority told The Consortium Monday night that it would move forward with the implementation of the fees -- which average about $52 per ton -- stating that they were already approved by the Public Services Commission (PSC). "The fees were initially approved by the PSC April, 2016 and the PSC approved the use of volume-based methodology in June 2017," said Alice Krall, W.M.A.'s communications director. Asked who had recommended to the PSC the new structure, Ms. Krall ducked the question and instead reiterated what she'd already said, while pointing to other jurisdictions with similar methodologies. "The fees were approved in Apr...
