Does Florida charge a fee or tax to help dispose of hazardous waste?
There are no charges at all for household hazardous waste disposal, but businesses must bear the burden of paying for the disposal of the hazardous wastes they generate. There are only a few fees associated with waste disposals that are mandated by state statute. Two of such are a $1.00 fee for each new tire, and a $1.50 fee for each lead-acid battery sold. The purpose of these fees to promote collection, reuse, volume reduction and proper disposal of these items. We get many complaints from consumers who are told they are being charged various fees, supposedly mandated by the state or federal government, for the proper disposal of hazardous material, used oil or other wastes associated with services provided to them. For example, many auto repair shops charge fees to recoup their cost for disposing of hazardous waste. What that amounts to are the respective businesses just passing along their cost of disposal to the consumer. If they say these fees are government mandated, they are no
