GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (WMC) – The City of Germantown has approved a new five-year trash pick-up contract that will subsequently raise prices for customers.
This contract ensures that residential trash, recycling and yard waste collection services remain available to residents, but there will be an increase the cost.
The city lists a number reasons for the increase in costs: fuel prices, disposal costs, additions to equipment, and the end of a legacy contract that kept rates low during the pandemic…