Dive summary:
- Officials in Lowndes County, Ga., are taking waste hauler, Deep South Sanitations, to court for breaking a new ordinance which only allows waste giant Advanced Disposal to operate within the county.
- Deep South Sanitation is a family-owned business that was startup after the owner said he saw trash pick-up problems in unincorporated Lowndes County.
- In two years, Deep South Sanitation has gathered 800 customers but the aforementioned city ordinance may force Deep South to close its doors.
From the article:
In two years, he has seen his business grow with 800 Lowndes County resident contracts, but worries that his business may be coming to an end.
"It could shut me down," he told WALB News.
Lowndes County served Scarborough a lawsuit last week ordering him to stop providing trash services to county residents because he is in violation of the new ordinance, the report said.
The county's solid waste ordinance went into effect Feb. 1, 2013. Before it was passed several solid waste companies were allowed to bid on the contract. ...
