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CEDAR CITY — Cedar City will no longer provide recycling bins at selected locations throughout the city, as the city’s recycling program is being discontinued effective Jan. 1.
Cedar City Public Works Director Ryan Marshall said skyrocketing costs were the reason for the change.
“It initially started out costing the city $11,100 per year in 2011,” Marshall told Cedar City News this week, noting that the program started in mid-2010, making 2011 its first full year of operation. “That cost then increased to $19,200 in 2013, then again to $36,000 in 2017, and finally again in 2019 to $63,600. We were also informed that there would be a significant increase again in 2020.”
After discussing the current and projected future costs of recycling at its Nov. 13 meeting, the Cedar City Council voted to discontinue the program effective the end of 2019.
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