Beginning today, residents will be charged $5 per trip to take as many as seven bags to the Mid-Shore I Regional Landfill homeowner drop-off site off Barkers Landing Road in Easton. Residents also may purchase a punch card for $10 for five trips, or $20 for 10 trips.
The landfill accepts yard waste (one to seven bags or a small pickup truck load per trip), trash (one to seven bags), used oil and antifreeze (free), batteries (free) and recyclables through Mid-Shore Igloo Service (free).
Residents unloading more than seven bags of trash or debris, furniture, appliances, construction debris, scrap metal or tires must use the scale and will be charged $63 a ton, which includes a $5 transfer fee to Mid-Shore II. The charge is prorated and will be a minimum $7 for 160 pounds or less.
Customers using trailers, box trucks, dump trucks, flatbed trucks, panel vans or other commercial vehicles also must use the scale, at the same price per ton.
Yard waste disposal charges are $23.50 per ton, including the $5 transfer fee for quantities larger than seven bags or for a small pickup truckload. Plastic bags must be emptied.
Since Talbot County began hosting the Mid-Shore Regional Landfill 20 years ago, MES operated and maintained a free homeowners' drop-off facility, also referred to as the HODO (HomeOwners' Drop-Off) facility.
Holy crap it's time to go back to burning trash.
ReplyDeleteHow is that revenue cap working for them?
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