Currently, the city of Columbus does not charge residents for trash pickup services, but the idea has once again resurfaced to help combat the city’s budget shortfall. While nothing is official yet, officials are predicting that the fee could fall somewhere in the range of $5 to $17 per month, which would help to cover the $50 million that the city spends on trash removal each year.
Many residents have called for trash pickup fees to help fund improved recycling programs, but there’s not yet been any announced plans on how exactly this money would be allocated. It also hasn’t been decided yet whether or not this would be a flat household fee, or something based on amount of trash removed. Are there other good programs in other cities that we should be looking at for examples of trash/recycling services done right?
It sounds like it would probably be a good idea for the city but I dont live there so I dont really know