COUNTY News:
On Aug. 27, Los Alamos County Council passed new rates for the Environmental Services Division. The approved new rates will go into effect Sept. 30.
These new rates will adjust a variety of fees currently charged at the Los Alamos County Eco Station and fees charged for roll-off services. The changes will not impact monthly residential solid waste fees or commercial dumpster fees.
The new rates will serve as a tool to assist in the creation of a more sustainable community. The County has eliminated the tipping fee for cardboard and metal, drastically reduced the tipping fee on concrete and created a new reduced tipping fee for clean urban wood waste. Also, metal, cardboard and mixed recycling have been added to the list of materials residents can bring into the Eco Station without getting charged one of their 12 free loads. Thereby, creating a financial incentive for local contractors, businesses and residents to segregate their waste streams to reuse and recycle as much material as possible.
Fees at the Los Alamos County Eco Station were last adjusted in 2006. Since 2006, significant changes have occurred in the area of solid waste in Los Alamos County including the closure of the County landfill and construction of a waste transfer station. Currently all municipal solid waste generated in Los Alamos County is sent around 100 miles one way to landfills in Rio Rancho and Los Lunas for disposal. Over time the cost for transferring and disposing of this waste has increased, resulting in the need for the County to increase tipping fees for the disposal of solid waste to cover costs.
The table below provides a comprehensive review of the rate changes that will go into effect Sept. 30. If you have any questions regarding these new rates, please feel free to contact Los Alamos County Environmental Services at 505-662-8163.
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Roll-off Service Charges |
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On-call service, plus tip fee |
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$105.00 |
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Set-up, per event |
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$105.00 |
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Roll-off box rental, per roll-off box per month |
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$80.00 |
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Solid Waste Facility Tip Fees |
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Mixed Municipal solid waste, per ton |
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$60.00 |
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Clean urban wood waste – loads containing 100 percent clean urban wood waste, must be free of foreign material including plastic bags, per ton |
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$37.00 |
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Concrete/asphalt per project – loads containing 100 percent concrete and asphalt, per ton |
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$5.00 |
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Cardboard – loads containing 100 percent cardboard, must be free of foreign material including plastic bags and Styrofoam, per ton |
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$0.00 |
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Metal – loads containing 100 percent metal, per ton |
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$0.00 |
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Clean dirt, per ton (not currently accepting dirt) |
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$5.00 (not currently accepting) |
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Minimum tip fee, per load |
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$19.50 |
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Oversized tires – Commercial customers for tires larger than 23.5 in. x 25 in., per tire |
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$35.00 |
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Tire on rim, all sizes – Commercial customers, additional fee per tire |
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$5.00 |
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Special Service Charges |
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Compost – purchase by commercial customer, per ton |
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$28.00 for screened compost $22.00 for unscreened compost |
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Other waste, handling and disposal |
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County contract cost plus 10% administrative fee |
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Certified vehicle weight |
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$10.00 |
All other fees are unchanged.
