Comments on: San Francisco Prepares For Recology To Raise Garbage Rates http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/ SF Appeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper Sun, 06 May 2018 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 By: HappyHighwayman http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/#comment-28092 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:36:00 +0000 http://example.org/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates#comment-28092 So…why is it a no-bid contract?

]]> By: Al http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/#comment-13932 Fri, 25 May 2012 19:31:53 +0000 http://example.org/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates#comment-13932 The thought process behind the rule is somewhat understandable: everyone produces some garbage, and if you let people avoid paying for service they would be tempted to illegally dump, use city bins, annoy their neighbors, etc.

You can get two 32 gallon bins and then ditch one of them, if it’s more convenient, though it won’t save you any money.

]]> By: Al http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/#comment-20456 Fri, 25 May 2012 19:31:53 +0000 http://example.org/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates#comment-20456 The thought process behind the rule is somewhat understandable: everyone produces some garbage, and if you let people avoid paying for service they would be tempted to illegally dump, use city bins, annoy their neighbors, etc.

You can get two 32 gallon bins and then ditch one of them, if it’s more convenient, though it won’t save you any money.

]]> By: NT http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/#comment-13931 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:08:08 +0000 http://example.org/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates#comment-13931 I’m less concerned about rates going up. It’s still pretty reasonable. What I’m more annoyed by is that we were told recently that our 3-unit building couldn’t switch to a 32-gallon container because there is a minimum gallon requirement per unit. This even though our black bin is no more than a quarter to a third full each week. The good people at Recology told us it is a city ordinance, which wouldn’t surprise me. But of course I plan to check into that. Kinda dumb that they’ve encouraged us to recycle and compost and then when we do we get penalized for it.

]]> By: NT http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/#comment-20455 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:08:08 +0000 http://example.org/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates#comment-20455 I’m less concerned about rates going up. It’s still pretty reasonable. What I’m more annoyed by is that we were told recently that our 3-unit building couldn’t switch to a 32-gallon container because there is a minimum gallon requirement per unit. This even though our black bin is no more than a quarter to a third full each week. The good people at Recology told us it is a city ordinance, which wouldn’t surprise me. But of course I plan to check into that. Kinda dumb that they’ve encouraged us to recycle and compost and then when we do we get penalized for it.

]]> By: Greg Dewar http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/#comment-13930 Thu, 24 May 2012 19:37:08 +0000 http://example.org/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates#comment-13930 You can thank Ed Lee for this rate increase, as well as others in his old job. He just loves to stick it to the citizens…unless they are his donors!

]]> By: Greg Dewar http://sfappeal.com/2012/05/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates/#comment-20454 Thu, 24 May 2012 19:37:08 +0000 http://example.org/city-prepares-for-recology-to-raise-garbage-rates#comment-20454 You can thank Ed Lee for this rate increase, as well as others in his old job. He just loves to stick it to the citizens…unless they are his donors!

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