Dive Brief:

• The town of Lawrence, Indiana will make a transition from municipal waste services to privatized waste and recycling collections on December 22.
• Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) was awarded the contract that will be in effect for the next decade.
• ​The majority of city council members wanted to privatize services.

Dive Insight:

The city is expecting to save about $5 million after adopting the new services, with the surplus of funds going towards the city's budget deficit. Republic Services purchased the city's sanitation trucks and containers at a cost of $300,000.