County Sues Allied Waste for $1.3 Million

November 16, 2007

Escambia County filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against Allied Waste in Escambia County Circuit Court. Allied provides residential garbage service north of 10 Mile Road, including all of North Escambia.

Escambia official say Allied owes the county $1.3 million in tipping fees. The county recently passed an ordinance requiring Allied and other garbage haulers in the county to dump at the county’s Perdido Landfill and pay tipping fees. The county says Allied dumped commercial trash outside the county, but still owes the fees. Tipping fees are a per-ton charge for each ton of garbage dumped into the landfill.

Back on November 1, the county gave Allied 15 days to pay up, prove they did not owe the fees or end up in court. Those 15 days passed with the county filing suit Friday, which was day 15.

Allied and county officials will start negotiations Monday to try to resolve the situation. If an agreement is reached, the suit will be dropped.

The Escambia County Utilities Authority recently began preparations for possibly taking over Allied’s waste contract in North Escambia. Seven new garbage trucks will be delivered in December, and Thursday the ECUA voted to purchase 11,000 new garbage can that could be used in the north end.

For more details on ECUA’s possible Allied contract takeover, click here.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News