After weeks of hemming and hawing, Alamance County’s commissioners have tentatively agreed to retain the two waste haulers that presently provide curbside trash and recycling services outside the county’s cities and towns.
In the first of two “readings” on Monday, the board of commissioners voted 4-to-0 to renew franchise agreements with Republic Services and Waste Industries – the latter of which does business in Alamance County as GFL, or Green for Life.
Under these deals, Republic will have the nearly exclusive right to serve two zones that comprise the county’s eastern and northwestern reaches. GFL, meanwhile, will have a corner on a third, more southerly zone. Both companies will retain these service areas for up to five years – during the first two of which, the monthly fees that Republic can charge will be limited to $22.00 for trash pickup and $9.50 for recycling, whereas GFL’s rates will be held to $20.95 and $11.55 for the same services…