Dive Brief:

• Waste hauler Purdie and Sons recently was fired by Lowndes County Commission in Mississippi from the firm’s job of collecting solid waste for the county. The commission cited a failure to do pick-ups promptly as the cause for the dismissal.
• The Commission ended the contract last Thursday, and on Tuesday, commissioners of the Mississippi county declared a health and safety emergency. The Commission directed county workers to begin household and solid waste pick-ups, until a new hauler can be hired.
• The county administrator is seeking proposals from companies who want to be the county’s new waste hauler.

Dive Insight:

In this case, it is unclear if the waste hauler was at fault, but those vendors who would like to pick up this contract should remember that Lowndes County commissioners don't condone tardiness.