Ben Fordham is calling out a plan to hike up the price of waste disposal by five times the current rate.

The NSW Environmental Protection Authority is proposing to scrap the traditional flat cost of a skip bin in favour of a weighing system from July this year.

It comes after a testing crackdown on a growing number of chemicals that are ending up in recycling. 

But Ben says “the cost consequences are devastating” for small businesses.

One skip bin owner said “the cost of a 3 cubic metre container will go from $440 to $2,100”

“This will be carnage for the industry,” Ben said.

“It will lead to an increase in illegal dumping.”

The waste industry has an urgent meeting with the EPA on Monday.

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