As recycling options become increasingly limited in many local communities due to the disruptions in the global recycling market, proposals in South Russel and Bainbridge townships call for considering consolidation of trash haulers. The thinking is that consolidating trash hauling contractors to a single contractor for the community may offer more recycling options such as curbside recycling and reduce trash truck traffic, but it could also reduce competition for trash hauling. Read more about the proposals: in South Russel township here and in Bainbridge township here. Please let us know your thoughts by posting comments below (login required).
Here are some references where you can read about the disruptions in the global recycling market and how they are leading to recycling woes in local communities:
Market forces put America’s recycling industry in the dumps