The Board of Supervisors Tuesday is slated to set a public hearing for May on a series of proposed hikes to trash collection fees throughout Riverside County’s unincorporated communities, where retrieval costs may rise about 3% per customer under the haulers’ new rate plans.
The Department of Environmental Health is seeking across-the-board adjustments that all of the county’s trash collectors — Burrtec Waste, CR&R Inc., Desert Valley Disposal Inc. and Waste Management Inc. — want to incorporate into their contracts with the county.
DEH is requesting the board schedule a public hearing for May 12. Officials said the adjustments are necessary to keep pace with inflation. The waste haulers are permitted to seek rate adjustments every year based on rising landfill, transportation and other costs. They generally base their proposed increases on the previous year’s estimated changes to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index for the region…