County Sues Republic Subsidiary for Rejecting Contaminated Recyclables

SEATTLE (Waste 360): Camden County, N.J., has filed a lawsuit against Republic Services’ subsidiary ReCommunity after it stopped collecting recyclables the company deemed contaminated.

The lawsuit, which was filed in late August, also requests a temporary injunction and reimbursement for recycling and attorneys’ fees, reports KJZZ.

In 2017, Republic acquired ReCommunity, an independent recycling processing company with 26 recycling centers in 14 states. The acquisition came just a few months after ReCommunity had entered into a joint purchasing agreement with Camden County to process recyclables from 35 of its 37 towns, NJ Pen reports. And since Republic Services began rejecting truckloads of materials it deems contaminated, the issue is now being litigated in Superior Court.

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