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Tulsa Recycling Contractor Due Improvement
ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASE: Published 7-29-2010
City of Tulsa officials are seeking service improvements from
the new recycling contractor for curbside pickup.
The City of Tulsa has been working with RR Waste Solutions, the
Texas-based firm that took over the service on June 1, to solve
problems and reduce customer complaints. The company has increased
the number of trucks working the recycling routes from two trucks
to three.
At a July 28 meeting of the Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of
Energy, the non-profit board which oversees the refuse collection
for the City of Tulsa, Board members voted to give the contractor
two weeks to reduce by half the number of customer complaints. The
Board will review the number of complaints at an Aug. 11 meeting,
and may take action against the company at that time.
RR Waste Solutions signed a two-year contract to provide the
service for the City's 14,000 plus recycling customers.
Action at the August 11 meeting could include the assessment of
fines for poor performance, or possibly even termination of
contract. A contingency plan is being developed in the event that
the contract is terminated
