The Tompkins County Solid Waste Annual Fee: Background and overview
- Boundary Associates, Trumansburg, NY (United States)
This report outlines the development by Tompkins County of a new revenue source for solid waste programs -- The Solid Waste Annual Fee. Over the past two decades in New York State, regulatory demands and the decline in available landfill space have combined to cause a rapid escalation in the cost of solid waste disposal. While the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has implemented tighter regulations for the siting of solid waste landfills, they have also mandated the permitting or closure of all existing landfills in the state. The result is that all communities have been required to invest millions of dollars in landfill siting, closure and solid waste processing facilities. In addition, programs for reducing and recycling solid wastes have been mandated to reduce the outflow to landfills. Until recent years, solid waste services in most New York counties have been funded almost entirely through a collection of property taxes. During the past six years, fiscal stress has stimulated a movement toward funding solid waste programs by other means. Alternatives to the property tax include: (1) special assessment taxes or fees; (2) user charges (including tipping fees); and (3) intergovernment grants.
- OSTI ID:
- 41759
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950271-; TRN: 95:003331-0010
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 10. conference on solid waste management and materials policy, New York, NY (United States), 19-22 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of The tenth conference on solid waste management & materials policy and the New York State solid waste management; PB: 162 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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