It now costs $22 to dump a big bag of lawn clippings in Marlborough after new charges were brought in this month.
Straight Lines owner Neil Holdaway says he will lose customers if he puts his mowing prices up.
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The charges come as Marlborough District Council looks to separate the drop-off points for rubbish and green waste in a bid to cut weekend wait times.
The move means those with cut grass and trimmed bushes no longer get weighed at the council s multimillion-dollar Waste Sorting Centre, with entry and exit weigh bridges.
But it also means the cost of dumping a wool sack of lawn clippings has jumped from about $4 to $22.20.