The MLive Media Group, Lansing, Michigan, reports that Ann Arbor, Michigan’s recent decision to terminate its contract with ReCommunity, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, may have been motivated by a lack of financial returns. However, the city claims it’s terminating the 26-year contract in its 20th year because of performance and safety issues.
ReCommunity’s President and CEO Sean Duffy claimed in an interview with MLive Media Group that Ann Arbor used a downturn in recyclables markets as an excuse to terminate the revenue-sharing agreement with the material recovery facility (MRF) operator, which was willing to renegotiate terms.
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