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Recology proposes three-year rate increase and local mixed-waste processing line; city staff flag permitting risks
Summary
Recology presented a three-year residential rate application that would raise rates by 18.18% in year one (2026), 7.53% in 2027 and 3.86% in 2028 and proposed a local mixed-waste processing line at 501 Tunnel contingent on air-district permits and an outlet for recovered products. Department staff said the line could recover roughly half of the
Recology presented its rate application to the Commission on the Environment on Feb. 4, proposing an 18.18% increase for rate year 2026, 7.53% for 2027 and 3.86% for 2028, and outlined several program enhancements aimed at increasing diversion and reducing contamination.
The refuse-rates administrator (Comptroller's Office) framed the proposal within the Prop F process that moved refuse-rate administration to the controller. Jay Liao said the application includes a roughly $13.7 million balancing-account deficit carried from prior projections and staff identified about 8 percentage points of the proposed 2026 increase as structural (revenue shortfall, a past payroll projection error and a new city business tax). Liao said staff will analyze the application and propose a rate order later in the process.
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