Fuel Recovery Fee   Article from Waste Age  

Pro Star Waste has worked hard to keep from passing the rising cost of fuel on to our customers, but these increased expenses have come to the point that they can no longer be absorbed into our increased operating costs. After careful review, we have decided to add a nominal fuel recovery fee, which can fluctuate up or down depending on the price of fuel, on all our services.  This recovery fee has now taken effect in all billing cycles.  Pro Star Waste regrets the necessity in applying this recovery fee, however, these rising fuel prices and related supplier costs are something we cannot control. We feel that we have no other options at this time.

The fuel recovery fee calculation we use is tied directly to the Gulf Coast Region average price of diesel fuel as reported weekly by the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy (EIA/DOE) in its Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices Index. This index is objective, publicly available and widely recognized in the trucking and transportation industries. This change will ensure that you, our valued customer, will pay a fuel recovery fee that is currently adjusted, easy to calculate, and equitable to both you and Pro Star Waste.

The EIA/DOE average is published each Monday and will be used for all invoices created during that week. The Pro Star Fuel Recovery Table shows what the fuel recovery fee invoice charges (before taxes) would be, based upon the last reported EIA/DOE Gulf Coast Region diesel price index prior to your invoice date.

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