City wants collection zones, competition too
Matthew Flamm reports for Crain’s:
Three years ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city
would look into a radical new system for the private pickup of commercial
waste. Exclusive collection zones, his plan suggested, might reduce the hazards
and pollution that come with scores of carting companies operating randomly
across the five boroughs.
would look into a radical new system for the private pickup of commercial
waste. Exclusive collection zones, his plan suggested, might reduce the hazards
and pollution that come with scores of carting companies operating randomly
across the five boroughs.
The analysis, released a year later, forecast big benefits from
zones served by a single hauler, but it sparked fierce opposition from carters,
real estate interests and the wider business community. Now the Department of
Sanitation is floating a compromise: zones with two to five franchisees each,
perhaps with subcontractors as well.
zones served by a single hauler, but it sparked fierce opposition from carters,
real estate interests and the wider business community. Now the Department of
Sanitation is floating a compromise: zones with two to five franchisees each,
perhaps with subcontractors as well.
The controversy didn’t die.
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