Dive Summary:
- Republic Services beat out Waste Management and Waste Pro for a three year waste hauling contract with Beaufort, South Carolina.
- The contract is worth a reported $858,000 per year.
- Florida based, Waste Pro, currently had an annual contract valued at $682,025 annually. In May, however, the company gave Beaufort a 60 day notice that they were opting out of the 2011 agreement.
From the article:
Republic Services has won a three-year contract to remove trash and other non-recyclable material from Beaufort County's convenience centers.
The contract takes effect Aug. 1 and is worth about $858,000 per year, according to Art Smith, municipal director with Republic's Beaufort branch.
Waste Pro Inc. currently holds the waste-hauling contract, which entails picking up trash receptacles at the 12 convenience centers and taking them to the landfill. That company, which won the contract in 2011 at $682,025 a year, gave the 60 days' notice required to opt out of the agreement in May, according to county documents.
A spokesman for Waste Pro, which is based in Longwood, Fla., did not immediately return a phone call Tuesday.
