Waste Industries Price Increase!!

I just received my quarterly bill and it doubled! The bill says at the bottom after 10 years they had to raise their prices. I called Customer Service and she told me that my raise to $130.65 for one can once a week is exactly the same as the newly raised twice a week pick up. I was promised a return call from Yvette the manager.

Can anyone confirm how much Waste Management is for one can/once a week? While I never liked their service compared to WI I certainly am going to price compare.

wendy said:

I just received my quarterly bill and it doubled! The bill says at the bottom after 10 years they had to raise their prices. I called Customer Service and she told me that my raise to $130.65 for one can once a week is exactly the same as the newly raised twice a week pick up. I was promised a return call from Yvette the manager.

Can anyone confirm how much Waste Management is for one can/once a week? While I never liked their service compared to WI I certainly am going to price compare.

When I switched from WM to WI last summer, I was paying $174 a quarter for 2 cans once a week.

wendy said:

I just received my quarterly bill and it doubled!

In the tag program, which WI discontinued at the end of 2024, we paid $47.49 a quarter plus $1 per 13-gallon bag and $1.50 or $2 (I forget which) per 30-gallon bag. One can twice a week. Ended up being around $60 a quarter.

This quarter, our bill is $120.00 for one can twice a week, so it doubled for us, too. Why our bill, which arrived just today, differs from the $130.65 quote that WI gave you, I don’t know.

DaveSchmidt said:

In the tag program, which WI discontinued at the end of 2024, we paid $47.49 a quarter plus  per 13-gallon bag and $1.50 or $2 (I forget which) per 30-gallon bag. One can twice a week. Ended up being around $60 a quarter.

This quarter, our bill is $120.00 for one can twice a week, so it doubled for us, too. Why our bill, which arrived just today, differs from the $130.65 quote that WI gave you, I don’t know.

it is $120. I provided the total on the invoice which includes Environmental and NJ tax, $9 and $1.65, respectively. I think it unfair to have the same rate increase/bill for once a week versus twice. Thanks for confirming. I'll report back my conversation with Yvette today. Thanks for the info Dave. We had never participated in the tag program and merely had many years ago switched from one can 2 times a week to one can 1 time a week They certainly deserve a rate increase after 10 years (I will accept that time period as accurate) but it is sticker shock and the unfairness of the same price for once versus twice is sticking in the throat a bit. (Not that we really need twice a week for our household.)