San Francisco’s city board overseeing waste management approved a 24 percent increase to residents’ trash collection rates on Wednesday, a hike that’s set to take place Oct. 1.
Recology’s current rate for basic service (three bins) is $47 a month per household. The increase would bring that to about $53 a month for the 2026 rate year.
The refuse-rate administrator said there are other, minor adjustments approved by the board on Wednesday that have yet to be applied, so the dollar figure could change slightly…