Solid waste fee hike possible for Memphis
Memphis sanitation workers Roy Britt (left) and Mario Norman pick up garbage and yard waste in the High Point Terrace area on April 10, 2019. The city currently charges $29.96 per cart as a solid waste fee on monthly Memphis Light, Gas and Water residential utility bills. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
City solid waste services are projected to be about $7 million in the red for the fiscal year that ends June 30.
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