Politics & Government
Trash Service Cheaper in Altadena than La Cañada Flintridge?
The Valley Sun looks at the difference in prices between the free-market trash system in La Cañada Flintridge and the new public Athens Service contract in Altadena.
Altadena residents may have good reason to be happy with their new mandated public trash contract: Athens customers in La Cañada Flintridge are paying almost $40 more per month for the same service, according to the La Cañada Valley Sun.
The article pegs Altadena's three-can trash service at around $54, compared to $91 in La Cañada. Residents of that town can also get service for $89 with Allied, another garbage company.
Altadena from a similar free-market choice system to a mandated county contract with Athens. The main justification for the switch was to save residents money.
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An Athens spokesman told the Valley Sun that while there are many factors that explain the differences in billing, the main savings have to do with the length of commitment from the whole of Altadena--the county signed a 10-year contract with the company.
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