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r <br />PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT <br />Hennepin County Government Center <br />Northeast Mreet Level <br />300 S. Sixth St. <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55487-0011 <br />(612) 348-3848 FAX (612) 348-9857 <br />HENNEPIN <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <br />The Hennepin County Board has reduced fees for garbage <br />disposal in the county, effective Jan. 1. 1994. <br />The County Board voted Nov. 30 to reduce the current <br />tipi.'^:ng fee -- the cost of cf'^posal for garbage — from $95 to 160 per <br />ton for all waste facilities in the county system and to establish a <br />. solid waste management fee that will be applied as a percent of a <br />resident's or business's garbage bill. The fee was set at 9 percent for <br />residents and 14.3 percent for businesses. Both the $60 tipping fee <br />and the solid waste management fee will take effect Jan. 1. <br />With this new funding structure. Hennepin County expects <br />that most garbage bills will decrease after jan. 1 because the disposal <br />cost plus the solid waste management fee will be significantly less <br />than the current disposal cost. <br />The purpose of the solid waste management fee is to fund <br />environmental programs which protect the health and welfare of <br />county citizens. This fee will pay for recycling services, household <br />hazardous waste management, tree waste management and other <br />solid waste management programs. <br />-more-