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You know, I still think it'll be a relative bargain:
Add the $1.47 to my current monthly trash fee = $16.92 per month. If I assume that there are or will be 4 visits a week, or 16 visits a month from the trash collectors (that is, twice for garbage, once for yard stuff and once for recycle), then it's only $1.06 per visit. I don't think that's unreasonable at all! Sure, zcaveman's math makes it look like a massive windfall for someone, but I'll bet their costs will push any so-called profit down to pennies.
Oh, well, it's good to know they'll come and do what I was incorrectly told they were doing when I came here 3 years ago!
SWR