Dive Summary:
- The La Paz County Board of Supervisors in Arizona has signed a ten-year contract with Republic Services to operate the county landfill.
- County Supervisors also secured a deal with waste-to-energy firm Commerce Refuse to Energy Authority in a bid to enter the waste by rail market.
- The contract with Republic Services is estimated to be worth a minimum of $8 million, encompassing cash payments, recycling programs, the construction of a new septage receiving facility and operating services for eight transfer facilities.
From the article:
Signaling their intent to aggressively enter the waste by rail market, La Paz County Supervisors also signed an agreement with the Commerce Refuse to Energy Authority, a Los Angeles County based renewable energy generator, making this customer their first rail contract.
Chairman of the Board of La Paz County Supervisors DL Wilson stated that “our intent is to create a legal mechanism to provide more marketing control with the tools necessary to realize the landfill’s potential as a major rail player while at the same time, not create any risks to the County’s environment or financial stability."
La Paz County plans to solicit municipal, commercial and industrial customers for the landfill while seeking proposals from complementary industries to site in La Paz County...Industries being solicited include tire and liquid waste processors, biofuel companies and other manufacturing entities…
