LA proposes commercial hauling franchise zones
LA proposes commercial hauling franchise zones
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A commercial waste franchising proposal would divide the city of Los Angeles’ commercial garbage hauling market into 11 zones that would be assigned to seven franchise-awarded
companies.
Critics of such franchise agreements say they run the risk of putting competing haulers out of work and discouraging startups. Advocates for the L.A. plan say it will allow the awarded companies to invest in recycling and waste diversion technologies.
An online news report on the MyNewsLA website estimates the city’s commercial hauling business as being worth $3.5 billion.
The proposal to divide that business into 11 zones assigned to seven different companies was approved and recommended by the Los Angeles Board of Public Works in late September. The next step involves approval from the city council and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The news report describes the franchise agreements as assigning the companies as “the sole trash hauler for commercial sites and multi-family complexes in [the] 11 zones.” If the plan is approved, the franchise awards would last for 10 years starting in July 2017.
Environmental advocacy groups such as the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have expressed support for the plan. “Winning a waste franchise zone guarantees haulers 10 years of business in the very lucrative L.A. market, thus providing them with an incentive to deploy less polluting trash trucks, end dependence on landfills, and develop good jobs in the state-of-the-art green infrastructure needed to sort and process new waste streams,” says Linda Escalante, an environmental policy advocate for the NRDC.
Escalante is quoted in a news release distributed by a group called Don’t Waste LA, which describes itself as “a dynamic coalition committed to lifting environmental and safety standards in Los Angeles’ commercial waste and recycling industry.”
Robert Nothoff, the director of Don’t Waste LA, says, “We encourage our city leaders to approve the recommendations that have been made by the Board of Public Works. Every day that the city delays its implementation is another day that it sends tons of waste to landfills and fails to create thousands of good green jobs that Angelenos need.”
According to MyNewsLA, the seven companies recommended as franchise award recipients are:
- Athens Services, based in City of Industry, California;
- Republic Services, based in Phoenix;
- Waste Management, based in Houston;
- Universal Waste Systems Inc., Santa Fe Springs, California;
- NASA Services, Montebello, California;
- Ware Disposal, Santa Ana, California; and
- CalMet Services, Paramount, California.
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Source: Recycling Today
LA proposes commercial hauling franchise zones
<![CDATA[A commercial waste franchising proposal would divide the city of Los Angeles’ commercial garbage hauling market into 11 zones that would be assigned to seven franchise-awarded companies. Critics of such franchise agreements say they run the risk of putting competing haulers out of work and discouraging startups. Advocates for the L.A. plan say it will allow the awarded companies to invest in recycling and waste diversion technologies. An online news report on the MyNewsLA website estimates the city’s commercial hauling business as being worth $3.5 billion. The proposal to divide that business into 11 zones assigned to seven different companies was approved and recommended by the Los Angeles Board of Public Works in late September. The next step involves approval from the city council and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. The news report describes the franchise agreements as assigning the companies as “the sole trash hauler for commercial sites and multi-family complexes in [the] 11 zones.” If the plan is approved, the franchise awards would last for 10 years starting in July 2017. Environmental advocacy groups such as the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have expressed support for the plan. “Winning a waste…
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