Quesnel To Go To Automated Garbage Collection

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Quesnel is the latest community to move to an automated garbage collection system.  The old system in Quesnel was a single curbster truck that was filled manually. The new system is similar to what was put in place in the City of Prince George several years ago.

Quesnel City Council says the new system will cut its solid waste collection costs by half.

The City of Quesnel will provide residents with one, two wheeled cart, offered in the 250 and 360 litre size.

All garbage collection will now be handled from the street with the exception of those areas that can only be accessed from the lane.

The total capital cost for the project includes $260,000 for a new truck, $250,000 for the collection carts, and a further $10,000 for a public information campaign.

The city says they needed to purchase two new trucks at a cost of $280,000, and they say the pay back will be roughly five years. The city of Quesnel says they will save $50,000 per year with the new system.

At the same time Quesnel Council gave three readings to a by law to increase sewer rates by 30% in each of 2008-2009.

That increase amounts to a residential rate increase of $33.12 in 2008, and $43.08 in 2009.

Critics have long argued that the same automated system put in place in Prince George, did little to reduce garbage collection costs.

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