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Resident urges Renton to pilot pay-by-weight "Smart Disposal" system
2998015 · April 15, 2025
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Summary
A remote commenter asked the council to study a pilot weighing household refuse and adjust billing to charge residents based on disposal weight rather than container size, proposing a $50,000 proof-of-concept.
A Renton resident speaking remotely asked the City Council to study a pilot that would weigh residential refuse at the curb and bill customers based on the weight of material collected, rather than by container size.
The speaker, identified in the record as Baldwin, described a proposal called…
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