Commissioners Approve Changes for Lowndes Trash Collection
Tuesday, March 17th, 2015
Lowndes County Commissioners voted to allow Deep South Sanitation and other trash collection companies to apply for a franchise to collect trash in the county.
A special called meeting was held Monday afternoon to discuss the issue. Under the new ordinance adopted at the meeting, any company that wants to could, as of March 17th, apply for a franchise to collect trash in the county.
The county had been trying to get Deep South to stop collecting trash in the unincorporated areas because it violated the county's exclusive agreement with Advanced Disposal. But, the county adopted a new, non-exclusive agreement with Advanced Disposal at the meeting, eliminating that issue.
