The $5 monthly fee will allow the town to better manage the escalating costs of providing quality curbside trash, recycling, brush and yard and white goods pick-up services. The $5 fee is estimated to generate $60,000 of additional revenue in the first year, but the town will only net about $24,000 of it. The town plans to spend the additional revenue on upgrading its recycling program to offer 95-gallon rolling recycling containers for residents. 

While this is the first time Maggie Valley has charged a trash collection fee, all of the other municipalities in Haywood County have had this kind of fee in place for years. Canton charges $11.50 while Waynesville and Clyde charge $9. 

Maggie Valley residents will be billed for solid waste on their monthly Maggie Valley Sanitary District utility bill. Failure to pay the fee will result in a lien being placed on residents’ property. 

Having the recycling bins as opposed to recycling bags will hopefully alleviate some problems with recycling machines getting clogged up with bags. A pilot program through the Department of Environmental Quality is helping to fund the bins for Maggie Valley this year. Next year, the grant will include Canton and Clyde and they are still working to include Waynesville. 

For more information, visit www.townofmaggievalley.com or call 828.926.0866.