Waste Management may lose recycling contract in its home town

Waste Management may lose recycling contract in its home town
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The city of Houston, led by its mayor, has rejected an offer by Houston-based Waste Management Inc. (WM) to charge $3 million or more per year to collect residential recyclables.

According to a report on the Houston Public Media website, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has indicated the city is negotiating with other service providers to take over the collection contract when it expires in mid-March 2016.

The mayor says the city is facing a budget gap and had not anticipated the new contract terms, which involve “an increase of several million [dollars] over the current contract,” according to Houston Public Media.

The website also has posted an email reportedly sent by WM CEO David Steiner to Melanie Scruggs of the Texas Campaign for the Environment organization, which runs a coalition called Zero Waste Houston. In the email, Steiner refers to “losing over $1 million per year” on its current contract with Houston. Steiner also writes that he had informed the Turner administration one year earlier that contact terms would be changing in the future.

At a March city council meeting, the mayor said curbside recycling pickups would continue in the city, “though some disruption of service is possible,” the Houston Public Media report also indicates.
 

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Source: Recycling Today
Waste Management may lose recycling contract in its home town
<![CDATA[ The city of Houston, led by its mayor, has rejected an offer by Houston-based Waste Management Inc. (WM) to charge $3 million or more per year to collect residential recyclables. According to a report on the Houston Public Media website, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has indicated the city is negotiating with other service providers to take over the collection contract when it expires in mid-March 2016. The mayor says the city is facing a budget gap and had not anticipated the new contract terms, which involve “an increase of several million [dollars] over the current contract,” according to Houston Public Media. The website also has posted an email reportedly sent by WM CEO David Steiner to Melanie Scruggs of the Texas Campaign for the Environment organization, which runs a coalition called Zero Waste Houston. In the email, Steiner refers to “losing over $1 million per year” on its current contract with Houston. Steiner also writes that he had informed the Turner administration one year earlier that contact terms would be changing in the future. At a March city council meeting, the mayor said curbside recycling pickups would continue in the city, “though some disruption of service is possible,” the…