"BROWN EYED GIRL" van morrison

Down in the Hollow
Playin' a new game


Painesville on the verge of going Brown from Green ?

Waste Management VS. Republic Disposal


Let's compare;

Waste Management current prices

Current Rates

Waste and Optional Recycling service per month       $   22.61
Waste service only per month                                     $    18.15  (was this service even made available to residents?)
Low Volume per bag                                                   $    3.90


Year 1 Bid price

Waste and Optional Recycling service                         $   17.99
Waste service only per month                                      $.  14.99
Low Volume per bag                                                    $    2.25 *



Republic

Year 1 Bid price

Waste and optional Recycling service per month          $    17.29
Waste service only per month                                        $    15.04
Low Volume                                                                   $     4.25*

These numbers are very interesting ,don't you think? Due to the higher pounds of garbage as well as the number of delinquent accounts in Painesville the prices go down?

Recycling was an option?  will it be an option? Many have told me they liked recycling but didn't want to be charged. Right now there is little money to be made in recycling. an example is Aluminum is near $40.00 a ton down from a high of close to $80.00. Little or no market for plastic or glass. Along with paper bins located all over the city.

Low volume bag user's will see a price increase of  a $1.40 a month (1 bag a week) Republic might be doing this so all resident's use bins?

Now how council will vote? I have no idea. But I believe Republic has made a fair and honest bid. Plus I guess you have to judge the actions of Waste Management over the years?  I can tell you their driver's are good employee's but some of the stuff that has gone on around here should and could have bee avoided. Such as the $96,000 issue. Along with many resident issues?
It does seem we have been overcharged for services in the last contract, doesn't it? Should there be a price to pay?

Now some will tell me WM is the cheapest?
I will agree that they are the only bidder that offered lower bid prices for all level of cost to resident's.

I see nothing here about leaves or yard waste?

Please council assuredly have this on the agenda this coming Monday. Let your views be know here as well as to your council people.

Right now I am collecting data on all seven years of the contract as well as yard waste I should have all the numbers by Thursday.

So far the seven-year average for WM               $19.39
                                                         REPUBLIC   $18.97

This is for waste and recycling.



What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

Elia Kazan