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What incentives are there in the waste hauling fee structure for promoting sustainable practices like recycling, waste reduction, and low-emission vehicles?

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The commissioner explains that there are incentives within the fee structure for recycling and waste reduction.

Discounts for recycling and organics apply to all service charges on customer bills.
The negotiated recycling rate discount averages 32% citywide.
The organics rate discount averages 18% citywide.
Businesses can negotiate even greater discounts with their carter service provider.

Shaun Abreu

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Commissioner, are there any provisions or incentives within the fee structure for waste hauling services to encourage sustainable such as recycling, waste reduction, or the use of low emission vehicles?

Jessica Tisch

0:52:52

Yes.

0:52:53

As I mentioned previously, within the fee structure, there very specific incentives for recycling and waste reduction.

0:53:01

Discounts for recycling and organics applied to all service elements of a customer bill, including the fixed monthly charge, the weight volume based charge, the service charge per pull, and monthly rental charge.

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For recycling, the negotiated rate discount averages 32% citywide, and the organics rate discount averages 18% citywide.

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And as I mentioned before, businesses can negotiate for even greater discounts with their Carter service provider.

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