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Article: Garbage haulers keep eye on Shakopee; As Waste Management continues to buy up smaller companies, a city looks for ways to improve residential service after complaints.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2000
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By midsummer, Waste Management had worn out its welcome in Shakopee.
After complaints about messy and spotty garbage pickup and disorganized billing, city officials decided not to renew the contract that had given Waste Management, the nation's largest garbage company, the exclusive right to haul Shakopee's garbage for a decade.
"In light of the problems that we had, it would have really been unfair to our residents to just renew the contract," Mayor Jon Brekke said. The city turned down Waste Management's last-minute request that the company be given a chance to redeem itself under the existing contract and decided to put the contract out for bid.
But the story ...