The people we serve expect us to watch out for them and to make sure we get the most for their money. Cities or counties actually franchise garbage haulers to pick up people's garbage. They also set the collection rates that people pay. At the transfer stations, garbage haulers dump out the trash.
Workers try to recover any recyclable materials still left in the garbage.
Workers then compact the garbage and load it into tractor trailers for transport to the landfill in Arlington, Oregon. Councilor Washington is the chair of Metro's Regional Environmental Management Committee. Inc. The original contract required Waste Management to request and receive the prior consent of Metro if the company ownership changed. In September of 1998, Metro declared the contract in default because the company did not request or receive Metro's approval. After that time, Waste Management and Metro started negotiating the new contract.