Here’s the thing about contract enforcement: It can be a double-edged sword. Republic Services will be enforcing the clause in the contract it negotiated with the City of Morgantown that allows it to raise rates this year. The $1.59 per month increase will hit residential customers ...
MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown residents and businesses are about to see their trash and recycling rates increase — twice. On February 28, monthly rates will jump per the terms of the new five-year contract negotiated early last year between the city and trash and recycling hauler ...
Recycling pickup was spotty throughout the Suncrest neighborhood on Friday. Some bins were emptied; others were not, seemingly without rhyme or reason. That’s likely because there was a substitute recycling driver that day, but only a fraction of Republic Services customers knew it. Some ...
City prepared to help WVU through changes Recently I was honored to have been invited to a meeting held by West Virginia Campus Workers, a group of WVU employees organizing their labor demands centering around the university’s budget crisis. A couple weeks ago, I lamentingly expressed ...
Decision for new trash bins a garbage plan Let’s talk trash. Or, more specifically, trash bins. We recently had delivered to our driveway a huge Republic trash bin with instructions to place it four feet from parked cars, fire hydrants or recycling bins. By my ...
We were incredulous to hear the City of Morgantown had decided to renew a five-year contract with Republic Services without going through the bidding process. First and foremost, Republic has been the subject of numerous complaints — to put it mildly — ranging from repeatedly missing ...