Dive Summary:
- The Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, proposes a plan that will reduce costs to haulers by 1/3.
- The plan is state mandated, covering the next decade of waste removal, and includes competitive contracting, which would save 37% of previous costs to waste management companies.
- Beginning in 2015, Monroe County's secured landfill space will be used by the two companies awarded the contracts by the authority- Waste Management in Lackawanna and Northampton counties.
From the article:
"Monroe County garbage haulers now dispose of trash at a landfill or transfer station of their choice, as long as the ultimate waste disposal site is designated in the county's plan and maintains a current agreement with the authority."
"...Authority Executive Director Jim Lambert said. "The last contract 10 years ago wasn't done on a competitive basis. Anyone who wanted to get a disposal agreement got an agreement. It didn't matter what the price was."
"Lambert said haulers have been paying a disposal fee of $80 a ton. Under the new contracts, anyone in the county disposing of waste will pay $50 a ton. The new agreements are set to begin Jan. 1, 2015."
