The City of Mont Belvieu is thinking about getting into the commercial trash business, with its public works director pointing to a lot of upside and little perceived risk.
For the last two-and-a-half months, Steve Floyd, director of public works for the city, researched what is needed to continue providing residential trash pickup and what it would take to provide commercial trash service.
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