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Council adopts medical waste collection rate increase, citing incinerator closure and higher disposal costs
Summary
Keizer City Council adopted an ordinance changing medical waste collection franchise rates effective Aug. 1, 2025, after staff said closure of a local incinerator increased haulers' disposal costs and prompted a roughly 60% rate rise proposed by contractors.
City staff told Keizer City Council on June 2 that contractors who handle medical waste in the region face sharply higher disposal costs after the Brooks incinerator closed. Those higher costs mean haulers must find new disposal options at greater expense.
Staff presented an order to amend the franchise medical waste collection rates, including two customer categories…
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