The City of Springfield would take over billing for waste hauling services, requiring all city residents to pay for them through their City Water Light and Power bill, under a draft ordinance that could be formally introduced next week.
Private waste haulers would still collect trash, as they do now, but putting the charge on the CWLP bill is intended to prevent people from refusing to pay for waste hauling and then illegally dumping their garbage.
The price of trash pickup would remain the same, but recycling fees would increase by a dollar-a-month, and the program would be expanded to apartment buildings.
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