Excludes San Francisco because residents are directly billed by a private company for garbage services.
Expenses include garbage collection, waste incinerators, resource recovery authorities, recycling centers, street cleaning, and collection of street debris. It excludes debt service and lump-sum payments for employee fringe benefits and retirement contributions.
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Major U.S. city by municipal solid waste expenses 2012
This statistic displays the expenses incurred by the municipal solid waste industry in selected large U.S. cities in 2012. During this period, the Los Angeles' municipal solid waste industry expended some million U.S. dollars. Average refuse levels tend to fall after cities implement volume based residential garbage fees.
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Citizens Budget Commission. (February 5, 2015). Expenses related to municipal solid waste operations in major U.S. cities in 2012 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 01, 2026, from /statistics/487074/municipal-solid-waste-expenses-in-the-us-by-major-city/
Citizens Budget Commission. "Expenses related to municipal solid waste operations in major U.S. cities in 2012 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 5, 2015. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 01, 2026. /statistics/487074/municipal-solid-waste-expenses-in-the-us-by-major-city/
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Expenses related to municipal solid waste operations in major U.S. cities in 2012 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Citizens Budget Commission, February 5, 2015. [Online]. Available: /statistics/487074/municipal-solid-waste-expenses-in-the-us-by-major-city/
