Dive summary:

• Los Angeles has voted to get rid of city wide waste and recycling collection and replace it with an option for private haulers to bid on any of the 11 new franchise districts.
• There are 45 companies permitted to collect commercial or multifamily waste in the city, 26 of those collect more than 1,000 tons of waste annually.
• The districts can handle waste hauling however they choose, though the city is considering regulating that all haulers in all districts use clean fleet vehicles and diversion and recycling programs.

From the article:
The Los Angeles City Council voted this afternoon to overhaul how trash and recycling is collected at businesses and apartment buildings in the city.

Commercial and multifamily waste and recycling collection in Los Angeles will be broken into 11 franchise districts with an exclusive private hauler servicing each area, under a proposal moved forward by the council. ...