Bag Tags Up As Well

The cost to get rid of your garbage in the town of Fort Frances is also expected to rise.

Bag tags will cost two dollars in the new year with tipping fees at the landfill site to go up as well.

Operations and Facilities Manager Doug Brown says as more people recycle, revenue generated at the landfill is decreasing.

"It's a little different than most places as I don't see the economy coming back," says Brown, "with the landfill site making the revenue that we used to make a year ago. It's gone down. People are recycling more. They don't want to pay the fees so we're getting crunched."

Councillor Ken Perry opposed to the increase, concerned it would be a trend that would lead to higher fees in the future.