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Council dumps bin contractor
10:28am Thursday 15th May 2008
Kingston Council has dumped the company which currently collects wheelie bins to get ready for a move to fortnightly waste collections.
SITA, which has a 25-year contract with Surrey County Council, will be replaced by Veolia whose 14-year contract begins on August 3.
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