San Joaquin County residents and businesses will soon be paying less in solid waste fees.
In a unanimous decision at its Tuesday meeting, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted to reduce the pre-sort gate fee rate at one county-owned solid waste facility and establish new pre-sort rates at two others.
The resolution sets new per-ton disposal fees for pre-sorted waste at the North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill, Foothill Sanitary Landfill, and Lovelace Materials Recovery Facility and Transfer Station. Effective Jan. 1, the rates will be $40.64 per ton at North County and Foothill, and $67.03 per ton at Lovelace…