Rent a Dumpster

There is one more thing that small business owners in Wisconsin need to worry about on top of any financial crises that they are feeling as a result of the bad economy, and that has to do with trash. There is one city that is looking to charge small business owners and forcing them to contract with other companies to pickup their garbage at additional costs.

One Wisconsin city is considering a plan which might cause small businesses in the area to contract with a private firm for their trash and commercial dumpster pickup.

The Dells Events newspaper notes that Wisconsin Dells is one of only a few areas in Wisconsin where businesses are not required to contract with a private firm to handle their trash hauling or commercial trash dumpster removal.

But that may change as the city says garbage collection costs $375,000 – a number that’s expected to increase next year.

To fight this, the paper says assistant public works director Chris Tollaksen proposed a system which would charge businesses for their trash pickup at costs between $150 to $1,200 per year.

Wisconsin Dells mayor Eric Helland says something must be done as prices rise and the city continues to subsidize trash pickup for area businesses and Alderperson Dar Mor said the city needed to stop accruing additional costs.

“Everyone across the board is looking at cutting costs and looking for ways to generate revenue,” Mor said, according to the paper.

Although garbage removal is getting more expensive, not all towns are passing the buck on pickup. The Columbus (Ohio) Local News reports that although waste disposal charges increased in the past year, a fee covering the costs is not being considered by the city.

Also, this story that I came across goes along with contracting private garbage pickup; Dustbot, the robotic garbage man. This robot can be summoned at any time and any day via cellphone to come pickup and dispose of your garbage or recyclables.