Windsor sticks with outsourced waste disposal

Private firm 'Green For Life' will continue to handle the City of Windsor's waste and recycling disposal.

The private company had the low bid of $38-million over the next seven years to win the contract.

Green For Life has been handling the trash and recycling since the function was outsourced in 2010 -- on the heels of a prolonged city strike in 2009.

Cupe local 82 -- whihc previously handled the service -- made a proposal to bring the work back "in-house." The union proposed a reduced-rate graduated pay scale and a no work-stoppage guarantee. But it wasn't enough to convince council to switch back.

Administration favoured GFL because of cost savings - roughly $4-million cheaper for operating costs alone over the life of the contract.

Council voted unanimously to stick with the outsourced model.