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Recology proposes 18% residential rate increase for 2026 as San Francisco considers improved performance metrics and mixed‑waste processing
Summary
Recology presented a three‑year refuse‑rate application proposing an 18.18% increase in year one (2026) followed by 7.53% (2027) and 3.86% (2028); the proposal includes a contingent plan to build a local mixed‑waste processing line and an organics depackager to recover more recyclables and organics.
Recology presented its refuse‑rate application to the San Francisco Commission on the Environment on Feb. 4, proposing a three‑year residential rate cycle that would take effect Oct. 1, 2025, and run through Sept. 30, 2028. The company requested an 18.18% increase in the first year, 7.53% in the second year and 3.86% in the third year.
Jay Liao, the city’s Refuse Rates Administrator in the Comptroller’s Office, provided process context: voters’ Proposition F (2021) moved refuse‑rate administration into the controller’s office and requires the refuse‑rate administrator to present a proposed rate order to the Environment Commission. Liao said the initial 18.18% increase equates to about $8.50 per month for a single‑family household with default…
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