Yard Waste Cart Fee

The implementation of these changes was not taken lightly but a necessary decision in order to keep providing all of the services. When these changes were made, 1/3 of the households in Kernersville had a roll out yard cart. The means that 2/3 of the households did not have a cart and therefore did not use the service. Most likely those households pay a lawn care company to maintain their yards or haul the yard waste away themselves. It seems fair for the households that use the service pay the $60 fee. This way the service is not eliminated but only those who use the service pay for the service. Bulky items were being picked up weekly, in an effort to reduce cost the change was made to pick up those items once a quarter. Less than 1/3 of the households have an extra waste cart and again only those who choose to have an extra cart pay.