Pay As You Throw Follow-up Post
Perhaps someone who lives in Laconia and is more knowledgeable than I am about the proposed program will chime in here. As I understand it, there are two sizes of bags, costing $2.00 and $3.00 respectively. They are purple in color and anything left at curbside not in a purple bag will not be picked up. I guess that means non conforming receptacles and bags of another color will remain at roadside forever.
Laconia does not have the service whereby large appliances are picked up at the curb - only regular trash and garbage. Residents have to haul large items to the transfer station themselves (or hire someone to do so) and pay a fee for each item left there. That is why many of these items wind up on back roads or in the woods.
You can be sure the amount which has been included in our tax bills for rubbish removal in the past will not be deducted from our tax bills. This will be an additional cost to the taxpayer.
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