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Wyoming Waste outlines recycling totals, holiday service changes and 3% CPI rate increase
Summary
Michelle Foot, site manager for Wyoming Waste, told the Green River City Council the company transported 96 tons of recycling Jan–Sept, collected roughly 50 tons of cardboard year-to-date, and will implement a 3% CPI-based rate increase effective Jan. 1, 2026; the company's contract runs through Dec. 31, 2027.
Michelle Foot, site manager for Wyoming Waste, updated the Green River City Council on the company's local operations and a proposed rate change. Foot said the company transported 96 tons of recycled material between January and September and has collected just over 50 tons of cardboard this year.
"January through September, we have transported 96 tons," Foot said, and later described year-to-date transfer-station visits as 2,197 residents. She told council that 52 of those users disposed of 1,000 pounds or more, and 18 disposed of 1,800 pounds or more.
Foot described operational changes for the holiday season and said the company plans to use the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (September 2024 to September 2025) to set a 3% price increase effective Jan. 1, 2026, applying the change to both commercial and residential customers and to the transfer-station tonnage rate (which she said would rise to $97.56 per ton). "This increase will affect all commercial and residential customers," Foot said.
Foot also noted the existing municipal contract expires Dec. 31, 2027, and suggested the city and company begin discussing extension options in 2026. Council members asked how the transfer-station user counts are calculated; Foot explained they track addresses in an Excel spreadsheet and count distinct households that visit, which yields the 2,197 number.
Council members raised operational clarifications and thanked Foot for the presentation. The item was informational; no formal council action was taken on the rate proposal at this meeting. The council did not set an immediate vote on contract changes or extensions; staff indicated follow-up conversations could be scheduled in 2026.
