Disclaimer. Many shippers and truckers use that retail price information in their fuel pricing formulas. Online Privacy Policy Only The WM Recycle America Fuel Surcharge Table shows what the Fuel Surcharge, per ton of recyclable material provided by you, would be based upon the national average price of diesel as reported by the EIA/DOE for a given month. is_redirect && ! By 2020, WM intends to help power more than two million homes with the waste we collect; manage more than 20 million tons of recyclables each year; provide more than 25,000 acres of wildlife habitat at our landfills; and make investments to reduce our fleet's emissions by 15 percent and increase its efficiency by 15 percent. Filing Deadline: August 28, 2017. Similarly, companies often assess environmental surcharges to help cover the costs of recycling programs, shipping, storage, and depot operations, says the plaintiff. Sign up for our free newsletter. The fact that most large waste hauling companies also make use of fuel surcharges makes sense given that, as with the shipping business, fuel prices are a large part of their operating costs. To date, it has 309 recorded violations and a total dollar amount of damages of $515,816,357 since 2000.