San Francisco approves collection rate hike

San Francisco’s city board overseeing waste management approved a 24 percent increase over three years to residents’ waste collection rates, Mission Local reports.

San Francisco-based waste management company Recology’s current rate for basic service is $47 a month per household. The increase takes place over the next three years, and will amount to $52.75 a month for the 2026 rate year, $56.52 for 2027 and $58.44 for 2028, according to the report.

For the following years, the rate will be negotiated in September 2027.

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The decision marks the end of negotiations between Recology and the city’s Refuse Rate Board, a designated body within the city controller’s office that has overseen the rate-setting process since 2022.

Initially, Recology sought a rate increase of 32 percent over three years. The refuse rates administrator countered with 28 percent, a figure that came down again after more technical adjustments and negotiations, Mission Local reports.