Effective September 1, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be charging businesses monthly fees for the collection of commercial and industrial waste as it seeks to subsidise its $50 million per month garbage disposal bill.
Additionally, the M&CC also announced yesterday that it will be charging private garbage collectors that haul commercial and industrial waste through the city a percentage of the cost charged on businesses.
The announcements were made by Town Clerk Royston King in a statement issued on behalf of the M&CC and in which he noted that the decision was taken after extensive consultations with members of the private sector, non-governmental organisations and community-based groups.
