Fort Pierce commissioners signaled at a March 16 meeting that a roughly 15-year partnership with Waste Management may be heading for the dump, after residents and officials complained about trains offloading Miami-area trash at a downtown transfer yard and the odors, flies and rodents that followed. The public move is meant to light a fire under the company and the railroad. Commissioners want a faster cleanup of the situation or a full break from a disposal setup that funnels regional garbage through the city. Staff were directed to research how to terminate the contract and report back with options.
How the trains work
Waste Management has been hauling municipal solid waste by rail along the Florida East Coast corridor to a Fort Pierce yard, where…..