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Monday, September 29, 2008
Homeowners stung by fee
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some Gwinnett residents will have to pay to close accounts with their garbage hauler.
On Monday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Allied Waste Services is assessing its customers a $23.50 fee to close out their accounts before Jan. 1. That’s when the county will switch to a mandatory system in which the government selects garbage haulers for residents.
Allied Waste Services has said the fee is necessary to help account for the $1 million it will take to store and collect waste containers that the company had previously distributed to its customers.
The county can’t do a thing to stop the fee. Gwinnett County is moving to a mandatory, county administered trash-hauling system to curb dumping. They think their way will be cheaper for residents, too.
We shall see.
What do you think about customers of Allied Waste Services being saddled with a $23.50 fee?
Do you think a county-run, trash-hauling system will be better, cheaper and cleaner for Gwinnett?
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