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Originally Posted by you&me
The lawn care, number of pets, or size of the household? Not everyone can have a fifty foot lot in the LBC 
1qqaaz' situation sounds kinda like mine... I think the point is, the city is trying to find a one-size-fits-all solution where there isn't one, as every household is different.
On one hand, the city has to find a way to handle excess trash fairly; on the other, someone with a .4 acre lot in the city is likely already paying FAR more in property taxes than most, so is it fair to provide them with the same bin (volume) as someone with a 2br duplex? I don't know much about it, but I like the idea of Okotoks offering different bin sizes - smaller households (or those that can make it work) can save by having smaller bins while larger households can opt / pay more for more volume. |
Isn't this a completely fair way to handle excess trash? Everybody pays the same price for the bin, you have more garbage than the bin, you pay more for your garbage. If you wanted a bin twice the size, you'd pay another $7. If you want to put out two large bags of garbage out for pickup (which is roughly equivalent to a bin), you'd pay $6. Just use the large garbage bags.
I think the original solution was a one-size-fits-most solution. This is more catered. Either way, if you fill more than the black bin you should be paying more than everyone else.
In 1qqaaz's situation, if that household was split in two, they'd be paying $14 instead of $7, which is probably what they should be paying. $3 a bag seems pretty reasonable to me.