{"id":428948,"date":"2026-08-10T17:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428948\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:24:16","slug":"west-sacramento-trash-collection-rates-likely-to-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428948\/","title":{"rendered":"West Sacramento trash collection rates likely to increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Sacramento trash collection likely getting more expensive. But why?<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/a><\/p>\n

West Sacramento residents will likely be paying more for waste collection services starting next summer.<\/p>\n

That’s because the City is proposing a change in who picks up the trash now that a 10-year contract for service is expiring. For now, no matter which option is chosen, rates will go up.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

“The City has not increased solid waste rates at the same pace (as the current provider) has increased its rates to the City,” read a city staff report. “This decision was made by the City-Manager’s Office in order to help residents and businesses endure and recover from the COVID pandemic. Therefore, the current rates charge to customers are artificially low.”<\/p>\n

Monday evening, the City’s Environment and Utilities Commission will hold a public meeting to discuss and seek public comment on a recommendation to switch waste collection providers from USA Waste of California (WM) to GreenWaste Recovery.<\/p>\n

The city’s staff report detailed how the city began a competitive procurement process to evaluate a new solid waste collection contract. That evaluation established a set of criteria to score three options: WM, GreenWaste Recovery and Atlas Disposal. Read the report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The Panel concluded that (GreenWaste) demonstrated the best overall ability to meet the City’s needs,” read the report.<\/p>\n

So, what does this mean for prices?<\/p>\n

According to the report, if the City were to renew with the current provider, residential rates for container pickup would increase between 7.82% and 29.14%, depending on the size of the container.<\/p>\n

Under GreenWaste, the same rates would increase between 22.29% and 40.53%.<\/p>\n

The transition would also move the responsibility for billing customers from the City to the provider.<\/p>\n

The City Council would still need to approve any new contract for waste collection services. <\/p>\n

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