Waste Management Prices Increase In Agoura Hills

AGOURA HILLS, CA — Agoura Hills residents will see slight increases in their waste collection bills in 2023.

Residents using standard bins, 64-gallon trash and recycling bins and 96-gallon yard waste bins, will see an increase of only one cent on their waste collection bills. Other residents will have increases ranging between 61 cents and $1.87 based on service level. Multi-family complexes will see an increase between 48 and 92 cents.

The additional fees will retroactively apply starting January 2023, but residents will only be charged after a 15-day notice.

The increases are actually lower than the amount allowable in Waste Management Industries' contract with the city.

Based on its contract with the city created in 2016, Waste Management Industries is entitled to a cost increase based on the consumer price index, with a cap of a 3 percent annual increase. The increase is further capped by a clause in the contract that requires Agoura Hills' prices to remain competitive with neighboring cities.

Without the competitive price matching, residents would have generally seen an increase between 88 cents and up to $14.77 in their waste collection bills, based on service levels.

The city also agreed to extend Waste Management's existing contract for an additional four years. The contract began in 2016 and was set to expire in June 2023.