City ends Waste Pro contract
A Waste Pro truck makes its way through Countrywood on Monday, March 29, 2021. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Sunday, April 11, that the city has terminated the company’s contract to pick up trash in Cordova, Hickory Hill and East Memphis effectively immediately. (David Boyd/Daily Memphian)
The contract cancellation comes at the end of a 20-day period to fix problems with waste pickup in Area E — Cordova, Hickory Hill and East Memphis. Residents in the area complained last month that Waste Pro not only missed scheduled trash pickup days but left trash by the curb for weeks.
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