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Here’s what is causing trash fee hikes across Lehigh Valley

J.P. Mascaro picks up trash Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Whitehall Township. Both Whitehall Township and Allentown signed new five-year contracts with J.P. Mascaro and Sons after renewing with WM proved untenable. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
J.P. Mascaro picks up trash Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Whitehall Township. Both Whitehall Township and Allentown signed new five-year contracts with J.P. Mascaro and Sons after renewing with WM proved untenable. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
Morning Call reporter Elizabeth DeOrnellas. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)
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“Pitchforks are out,” the mayor of Whitehall Township said, as angry residents protest a nearly 87% rise in the annual trash fee, but the township is far from alone in seeing increases as labor, fuel and equipment expenses drive up the cost of waste collection regionally and statewide.

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