County Considers Increasing Trash Fees
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By Anthony Mccartney, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 22--TAMPA -- Hillsborough County is poised to raise its fees for residential trash collection for the first time in years.   Currently, customers in unincorporated areas pay $170 for pickup and disposal services.
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Households could be charged per bag of rubbish as part of the government's plans to boost recycling.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  LANCASTER -- Lancaster homeowners could be asked to finance millions of dollars for additional work in a proposed expansion of the sewage treatment plant.
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council were back to a familiar discussion point at Tuesday night's council meeting: the fight to eliminate the county mitigation fee.
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By Laith Agha, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Mar. 12--Landfill, solid waste management site, environmental park -- call it what you will. Just don't call it a dump.
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By Tom Coombe, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  May 31--A Plainfield Township landfill has paid a $56,000 fine for letting litter escape from its boundaries.
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By RICK COLLINS  Braintree residents may be forced to haul their own trash to the town's transfer station on Ivory Street starting July 1 as a result of last week's decision by selectmen to eliminate the trash fee.
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By Adam Kovac Daily Herald Staff Writer  South Elgin is considering a revision to its clean water code that includes a plan to detect illegal dumping into storm sewers and trace the pollution back to its source, officials said.
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By Dori Berman  Lawmakers hoping to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay have proposed assessing a fee on all new construction to create a dedicated funding source for bay cleanup programs.
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By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 20--SUFFOLK -- Two years ago, SPSA celebrated the opening of a garbage transfer station in Suffolk, a big building that resembles an airplane hangar and cost more than $4 million to develop.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Fo r 1 1 c i t i e s i n S a n Bernardino County, the prospect of paying a surcharge for a chemical that did not originate in their areas just doesn't seem right.
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By Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 10--A few years ago when the city started looking at the possibility of annexing portions of the West Park neighborhood, the city had to face the question of how to pay to extend city services into the area.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 3--An influx of cash was the sort of green revolution Debbie White needed when the Augusta County Service Authority sought to modernize its sewage-treatment system.
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To the editor:    In response to the Wednesday story, "Commission OKs water rate increase":  No, your pants aren't on fire, it's just our elected county officials blowing smoke as they squeeze us to ensure developers' continued profits.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Mar. 2--The York County Council's approval of a new solid-waste management plan this week could push the county into a third legal dispute over landfills.
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By Simon Read, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 9--A discarded washing machine lies on its side along a dirt tract near Tommy's Harbor. Garbage bags and other trash have been dumped in the nearby weeds.
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By Michael Davis, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 12--The Hamilton County Election Commission today signed off on  allowing a petition process to begin in an effort to get weekly curbside  recycling reinstated in Chattanooga.