After Baltimore increased the disposal fees at its landfill for the first time in more than three decades, the amount of garbage delivered there by large commercial haulers dropped by nearly half — almost overnight.
The tonnage hauled by private companies to the Quarantine Road Landfill, located in Hawkins Point at Baltimore’s industrialized southern tip, plummeted to 4,364 in November and December from 8,585 tons in the same months in 2024, according to Department of Public Works figures. The drop is an apparent response to the city’s October decision to double its per-ton disposal fee.
City finance officials expect the new tipping fee — which increased from $67.50 to $135 per ton — to boost revenues this year, though not as much as hoped. According to Department of Finance projections, the loss of all that garbage will yield about $4 million less than what budget writers had anticipated.
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t’s not clear where the thousands of tons of trash diverted from Quarantine Road have gone. Publicly owned landfills in surrounding jurisdictions, such as Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties, don’t permit dumping of waste from outside their borders — meaning a lot of this trash may be headed out of state.
I expect the raise in price was probably necessary; if the hadn't raised rate in 30+ years, inflation had considerably eroded the currency (Thanks, Brandon). Still, you have to wonder how much more garbage is going to just end up on the streets and in the waterways.
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