Toledo City Council’s approval of Republic Services as the city’s regular trash provider is an outcome that results in reduced services and at a higher cost, in the form of higher monthly trash collection fees.
On the positive side is that, on the whole, Republic has been a reliable provider of trash collection for many years. Its employees already know Toledo well, and the company understands the local business.
Republic made a diligent, good-faith effort to respond to complaints about trash collection in order to win the contract. Republic is not only a good union employer but was the lowest responsible bidder…