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Brookline awards five-year trash-and-recycling contract to Casella; resident fees to rise
Summary
The Select Board voted to award a five-year sanitation contract to Casella Waste Management and approved a multiyear fee schedule that raises cart fees this summer and ties future increases to modest annual adjustments, while retaining yard‑waste collection in-house.
The Brookline Select Board voted Tuesday to award a five‑year municipal solid waste and recycling contract to Casella Waste Management of Massachusetts and to raise residential sanitation fees starting July 1, 2025.
The measures were presented by Erin Chute, Commissioner of Public Works, who said the town negotiated a contract that she and staff judged most competitive and that the rate changes are intended to maintain service reliability while stabilizing the program's budget. “Our proposal is founded on our goal to provide efficient, reliable, predictable, and sustainable sanitation services,” Chute said.
Why this matters: Brookline faces persistent staffing shortages, an aging truck fleet and a high number of work‑related injuries in the town’s in‑house sanitation operation. DPW officials said those operational risks and long lead times for heavy equipment make a contracted collection model the safer, more predictable choice even though the…
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