,Too Preserving the Legacy of 2000-2003 Garbage Collection

Fact:  In addition to the costs of the contractor to pick up your garbage, we have to pay an additional $78.90 per ton at the Transfer Station to have the garbage hauled to a landfill in Pensylvania.  That charge includes the operation of the transfer station, contractors to haul the garbage to Pennsylvania, the landfill charges, and the taxes that Pennsylvania imposes on imported garbage. Long Hill sent 5660 tons of garbage to the transfer station each year.  That works out to about 70 pounds per residence per week. Our total garbage collection cost for 2005 was $638,000, or about 4% of the town's total expense budget.