Intent:
Provide transparency around the costs and benefits of solid waste management programs.
Requirements:
- Calculate and publish total solid waste program costs.
- Provide breakouts as follows:
- Total solid waste management cost per ton.
- Collection costs per ton:
- Black bin
- Blue bin
- Green bin
- Disposal costs per ton.
- Recycling processing costs per ton:
- Gross
- Net
- Organic processing costs per ton:
- Gross
- Net
- Estimate impact on:
- employment and
- economic activity
from waste management program, including indirect and induced effects.
Will this be shared as public information? I think there may be some concerns about cities having to share this information.
The idea is that this information would be available to residents of the local municipality. Presently, we are only looking to share top-line numbers, rather than the underlying details.