Business & Tech
City Council Approves Rate Increase for Recology
New garbage rates will be effective Jan. 1, 2013.
City Council unanimously approved a rate increase for Recology Monday.
The final protest tally at the end of the City Council meeting counted 222 votes, or 1.9 percent of the Recology customers.
Pacifica customers already pay some of the highest rates in the county, according to data provided to Patch by Recology, the private waste management company that serves most of San Mateo County.
Interested in local real estate?Subscribe to Patch's new newsletter to be the first to know about open houses, new listings and more.
The new garbage rates will be effective Jan. 1. The rate increase also affects businesses and all other Recology services. Rates will increase by 1.4 percent.
The new rates for residential customers are:
Interested in local real estate?Subscribe to Patch's new newsletter to be the first to know about open houses, new listings and more.
20 gallon can — $23.38
32 gallon can — $36.63
48 gallon can — $54.93
64 gallon can — $73.25
96 gallon can — $109.88
Follow Pacifica Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter | Blog for us
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
