Are you overpaying for trash?

NYC law caps what commercial carters can charge. Tell us your address and what you're billed for, and we'll show the legal maximum that actually applies to you — and whether your bill is above it.

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How you're billed
Material

Use the charge for this material only, before sales tax. Don't use "Total Due" — it can include last month's balance and tax, which the cap doesn't cover.

Which cap applies to you

It depends on your address. In the six zones already rolled into the Commercial Waste Zone program, the ceiling is your own carter's filed rate— each carter files its own, and they differ a lot. Everywhere else, the older citywide Business Integrity Commission cap still applies: $26.87 per cubic yard, or $17.64 per 100 lbs. We use your address to pick the right one, and if we can't identify your carter's filed rate we say so rather than compare you against the wrong ceiling.

Volume or weight

Carters may bill either way — BIC lets you negotiate which. Weight-based bills show a quantity in 100 lb units (a real invoice reads "2YD TRASH SERVICE IN 100LBS, 45.0000 @ $15.11"). Use whichever matches your bill; the caps differ by basis, and recycling carries its own lower ceiling.

Use the pre-tax service charge

The cap covers the charge for hauling the material — not sales tax, and not fees like rental, cleaning, or contamination, which are capped separately. Don't use "Total Due": on a real invoice we checked, Total Due was $1,741.90 because it carried an unpaid balance, while the figure the cap applies to was $799.95.