Garbage Bills May Go Up

Last Thursday, The Village of Island Lake Board was presented with an option to change recycling bins from the bright yellow plastic to a softer green Toter style. SWALCO  gave a presentation to the board explaining our options. The Village recyles quite a bit per year and SWALCO believes that if people use the Toters that they would recycle more, stating that most yellow bins fill up faster in many households. The proposed recyclers stand upright, are approxiamtely four feet tall and have two wheels for easier transport to the road.

The cost for the change to this style bin would be $1.25 per household, per garbage bill. SWALCO did confirm that one could buy similar toters at retail and still recycle more, but explained the retail totes would be more costly and unlike the Waste Management totes, retail toters are not covered by Waste Management for replacement when damaged or lost.

Trustee Ponio stated he would like to know how the public feels about the new charge before making a decision; no other trustees commented on how they would vote on the matter.