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Person County approves weight-based fees for out‑of‑county recycling, keeps local rate at $40/ton
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After Person Industries modernized the recycling center and installed a scale, commissioners approved a fee‑schedule amendment that lets the county charge weight-based fees for material from outside counties while maintaining a $40/ton flat rate for in‑county vendors; staff said contamination and processing improvements eliminated outside sorting and saved roughly $30,000.
The Person County Board on April 20 approved an amendment to the recycling-center fee schedule to allow weight-based fees for material accepted from outside jurisdictions while preserving a flat $40-per-ton rate for in-county vendors.
Amanda Doss reported the recycling center’s new sort system (implemented in May 2025), an in-ground scale and restored greeter staffing have driven operations from processing about 23% of incoming material to handling 100% on site. Doss said those changes eliminated the routine need to send material to an outside materials-recovery facility and saved an estimated $30,000 in avoided transportation and sorting costs.
"Since May we have now processed 100% of material that has come through the doors," Doss said, noting the investment in equipment and blended-value studies for third-party haulers will support a weight-based fee model for out-of-county material.
The board approved the fee-schedule amendment by voice vote. The county manager and recycling staff said the change aims to keep Person County competitive locally while expanding partnerships and revenue opportunities from neighboring counties.
