ATTACHMENT II
Tentatively Agreed Upon Surcharges
Contamination and Overage Surcharges
Prior to initiating the Contamination and Overage Surcharge, Waste Management and City Staff will conduct a robust four-month outreach campaign. During the campaign the Smart truck system of cameras monitoring material as they are collected by the trucks will be turned on to allow warnings to be sent to customers through email and hard copy letters.
After the ‘go live’ date, customer will receive two warnings before a surcharge is applied to their account.
Contamination - The table below shows the contamination threshold and # of warnings before penalties for various recycling and organics containers. Garbage containers not subject to surcharge.
Generator
Subject to
Surcharge?
Contamination
Threshold
# of Warnings
Before Charged
Reset Every
12 Months?
Residential Recycling Carts Yes 10% 2 Yes
Residential Organics Carts Yes 10% 2 Yes
MFD Recycling Carts Yes 10% 2 Yes
MFD Organics Carts Yes 10% 2 Yes
Commercial Recycling Carts Yes 10% 2 Yes
Commercial Organics Carts Yes 10% 2 Yes
MFD Recycling Bins Yes 10% 2 Yes
MFD Organics Bins Yes 10% 2 Yes
Commercial Recycling Bins Yes 10% 2 Yes
Commercial Organics Bins Yes 10% 2 Yes
MFD = Multi-Family Dwelling
Criteria for Contamination:
- 10% threshold – approximately a 13-gallon kitchen bag size of non-organic or non-recyclable material in the container
- For loose items, auditors have picture guides to help identify unacceptable items - WMAC and City to work together to determine reasonable implementation of contamination monitoring and surcharge system
Overages - The table below show the containers subject to the overage threshold and # of warnings before penalties.
Container
Subject to
Surcharge?
Threshold # of Warnings
Before Charged
Reset Every
12 Months?
Residential Garbage Carts Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
Residential Recycling Carts No - - -
Residential Organics Carts No - - -
MFD Garbage Carts Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
MFD Recycling Carts No - - -
MFD Organics Carts No - - -
Commercial Garbage Carts Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
Commercial Recycling Carts Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
Commercial Organics Carts Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
MFD Garbage Bins Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
MFD Recycling Bins Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
MFD Organics Bins No - - -
Commercial Garbage Bins Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
Commercial Recycling Bins Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
Commercial Organics Bins Yes 12 inches open 2 Yes
MFD = Multi-Family Dwelling
Contamination Warnings and Surcharges Overages Warnings and Surcharges Carts
Carts
Incidents 1&2 = Warning Incidents 1&2 = Warning
Incidents 3 + = $25.00 Incidents 3 + = $10.00
Bins Bins
Incidents 1&2 = Warning Incidents 1&2 = Warning
Incidents 3 + = $75.00 Incidents 3 + = $75.00