Baltimore will more than double its landfill tipping fee for the first time in 32 years, bringing the city's rate in line with surrounding jurisdictions and helping preserve landfill capacity, officials said Friday.

On Oct. 1, the Board of Estimates approved raising the base fee from $60 per ton to $127.50 per ton, effective Nov. 1.

With an existing $7.50 disposal charge, the total cost will rise to $135 per ton, up from the current $67.50.

The tipping fee applies to commercial haulers and to residents who bring large loads of non-hazardous solid waste directly to the city's Quarantine Road Landfill operated by the Department of Public Works (DPW).

"After more than three decades without an adjustment, Baltimore's tipping fee had fallen far below regional standards," DPW Director Matthe

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