Over in Whitley County, they’ve been busy bidding their recycling program. Rather than making an executive decision to simply shove aside other bids, the Whitley County Solid Waste District Board actually held a vote on Tuesday. The result was a decision to start the process of negotiating with Whitley Environmental for the county’s recycling service.

From the Post and Mail.

The Whitley County Solid Waste District Board voted Tuesday to enter into negotiations with Allpro Towing Inc., doing business as Whitley Environmental, for the county’s recycling service. Jorell Tucker, solid waste district director, said the decision was based on a combination of the business being local and having the lowest submitted bid.

Randy Holler, a commercial loan officer with Crossroads Bank in Columbia City, said he was very impressed with Whitley Environmental’s business plan. “In the five-and-a-half years I’ve been in Columbia City and done small business loans, it appears theirs is the best capitalized I’ve seen,” he said.

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“We’re going to save over $200,000 over a five-year period,” Tucker said of the district’s decision to buy the containers.

Aside from a new provider, the service itself will be completely changed after the first of the year.
Residents will no longer need to separate plastic, metal and glass from paper because the service will use one large container.

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Although negotiations with Whitley Environmental will start today, Tucker said if issues arise with the contract, the district can still opt for the service of another company which submitted a bid.
“We didn’t throw any of the bids out … all bids are still on the table,” he said.

Whitley Environmental, which was one of two start-up companies to bid on the contract, does not currently have any trucks or equipment, but officials with the company said it would not be an issue to get equipment by the new year if the contract is finalized by Oct. 27.

That other company would be Earth First, LLC.

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