BMA to up garbage fees

The current rate, which starts at 20 baht per month for collection and another 20 baht for disposal for households with less than 20 litres of garbage per day, was originally scheduled to expire in October 2019 but was postponed in a bid to reduce people’s financial suffering.

The BMA has proposed a new rate that reflects its current operational costs, which would raise the collection fee to 30 baht per month for households with less than 20 litres of garbage per day and another 30 baht per month for disposal.

However, households in this group who comply with the city’s waste separation rules will be charged only 10 baht per month for collection and another 10 baht for disposal.

Households with more than 20 litres of garbage but less than 1 cubic metre per day will be charged 60 baht per unit of 20 litres for collection and another 60 baht per unit for disposal each…