Trash sticker
prices going up
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — It was inevitable.
The town’s trash removal service, Casella, notified the town recently that they will increase prices by 60 percent.
Selectmen voted to raise the price of trash stickers.
Effective July 1, the $1 stickers will cost $3 and the $2 stickers will cost $5.
Last July 1 the sticker prices doubled, going from $.50 to $1 and from $1 to $2.
At the time, Travis Sirrine, highway superintendent, said because the amount collected from the sale of trash stickers “is nowhere near” the actual cost, the prices had to go up.
The (soon-to-be $5) stickers are for 30-35 gallon bags and the $3 stickers will be for 13-20 gallon bags.
The appropriate sticker must be used for the appropriate sized-bag regardless of how full the bag is. The stickers are to be put on the top portion of the bag and the bags must be placed, by 6 a.m., at curbside as close to the road as possible.
Last June Sirrine said the rates had not been adjusted in about 20 years and that the amount collected from the sale of trash stickers “is nowhere near” the actual cost. The balance is funded by the town budget. Sirrine said that Town Administrator Elaine Sistare surveyed other towns last year and discovered, even with the new prices, Putnam residents have a “remarkably good deal.”

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