The Town of Herndon is proposing to double recycling fees, which are paid quarterly, from $8 to $16.
The Herndon Town Council will consider the proposal at a meeting tonight (Tuesday). The fee was last increased 2019 from $4 to $8 per quarter.
But since then, the recycling industry has suffered dramatic changes.
“Commodity prices are no longer as they once were and processing costs have continued to increase, while tonnages have either remained the same or increased,” Tammy Chastain, deputy director public works, wrote in a memo.
If approved, the increase would offset roughly 83 percent of recycling costs that the town bears. Currently, the recycling fee only covers 42 percent of the cost of recycling.
The fee increase would go into effect on July 1.
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