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Syracuse council keeps $4 monthly recycling fee and citywide cart rollout after public hearing
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and council discussion, the Syracuse City Council confirmed a citywide bundled recycling service: each household will receive a blue recycling cart and a $4 monthly recycling fee will be added to bills; hardship waivers and a 30‑day cart‑return option were retained.
Council Member Jordan Savage, Syracuse’s representative to the Wasatch Integrated Waste District, told the City Council that the Davis County landfill is approaching capacity and urged more waste diversion to slow future rate increases.
“We are trying to divert up to 30% of residential waste,” Savage said in a presentation that outlined the district’s material recovery improvements and the economics of a bundled recycling program. He told the council the county’s landfill could be effectively exhausted in roughly 18 years if current trends continue and that the improvements at the material recovery facility have significantly raised cardboard recovery rates.
The council opened a public hearing on the proposal and heard two hours of testimony from residents who both supported and opposed the mandatory bundled plan. Supporters said a modest fee now would spare…
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