08-13-2016, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Why are Calgary's dump fees much higher than Edmonton's dump fees?
Are we being gouged or is there a legitimate reason why we pay $113/tonne and they're paying $70/tonne?
The rates have been increasing for years, are we just supposed to suck it up and pay more and more?
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08-13-2016, 02:19 PM
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#2
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Fort St. John, BC
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Because Edmonton IS a dump.
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08-13-2016, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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...Edmonton dump fees are considered infrastructure improvements?
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08-13-2016, 02:37 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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To encourage recycling?
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08-13-2016, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by para transit fellow
To encourage recycling?
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Ok but does that mean Edmonton doesn't need encouragement to recycle?
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08-13-2016, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Its because Edmonton makes more money or has more cost savings with their municipal waste programs than Calgary does. Methane recovery is one of the ways they do this.
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08-13-2016, 08:18 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Ok but does that mean Edmonton doesn't need encouragement to recycle?
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Edmonton had a curb side recycling program almost 20 years before Calgary.
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08-13-2016, 08:31 PM
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Franchise Player
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Edmonton dump a lot of their garbage outside the urban areas (in whatever the surrounding MD is)? I would assume the MD has more attractive rates to encourage the business from Edmonton.
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08-13-2016, 09:00 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Edmonton has s very advanced waste processing system and have been doing it for years. They really got ahead of everyone on that.
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08-13-2016, 09:57 PM
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Olympic Guru
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: PL1
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Before opening this thread I knew the jokes that would be made.
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08-13-2016, 10:10 PM
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Franchise Player
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Supply and demand? Calgarian's are continue to use the dump despite higher fees, so why not charge it?
I much prefer the city make money off of usage fees of services than other means.
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08-13-2016, 10:28 PM
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#12
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Franchise Player
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Edmonton does have a world renowned waste management system, and I would assume that translates to lower cost of service.
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08-14-2016, 08:44 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kelowna
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doctajones428
Because Edmonton IS a dump.
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Came in to post exactly this
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08-14-2016, 07:14 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pseudoreality
Edmonton has s very advanced waste processing system and have been doing it for years. They really got ahead of everyone on that.
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There are so many options for this one I can't decide which way to take it:
I believe the Edmonton waste management system is called the Oilers. World renonoun for taking value pieces of potential and turning them into well managed pieces of waste.
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08-14-2016, 10:08 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Locked in the Trunk of a Car
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doctajones428
Because Edmonton IS a dump.
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Lol, yep both my wife and I said the same thing first.
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08-14-2016, 11:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pseudoreality
Edmonton has s very advanced waste processing system and have been doing it for years. They really got ahead of everyone on that.
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There system costs more money than conventional landfilling.
http://www.edmonton.ca/residential_n...ices-fees.aspx
Landfilling is absolutely the cheapest way to dispose of waste in non land restricted cities with relatively short hall distances. Organics at best break even and recycling is a dosas aster in terms of economics because the demand just isn't there for the products.
It's likely due to either supply and demand or a different way of accounting for how much of the capital plus operating costs of a dump the fee should cover.
Edmontons Monthly household garbage fee is $43. Calgary's even after its latest stupidity is around $18 or so
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