more trash talk…in west whiteland

Once again, trash is a topic of conversation literally in West Whiteland. Tonight’s board meeting also has some thing about excepting or rejecting A.J Blosenski’s latest contract. Forget about the fact that a have literally done a crap job everywhere for the past couple of years. Focus on the fact that they are talking a significant cost increase. Add to the conversation that one supervisor has been working to prove that the whole concept of going in house with trash means and how it can work and save money. But you have two of the supervisors who are townhouse development dwellers whom I think do not get it. And the one supervisor lives in a development that has private hauling, so she literally has zero clue as to the reality of living with AJ Blosenski now owned by Waste Connections. That being said she loves to ask for “data” to study while she contemplates her navel so she should try this on for size: there is a class action suit against Blosenski now. Possibly multiple class actions.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-ed-pen/116103432.html

https://www.ajbclassactionsettlement.com

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I will be honest when I lived in a municipality that had their own refuse removal, it worked better. Things weren’t missed, if something happened you could speak to a real person, etc. And it was less expensive in the end then having to pay for private trash removal.

Class action suits heating up means that the litigation costs get passed through to customers, including municipalities, which means taxpayers in said municipalities are also carrying the water on this.

Those postcards were received today by Tredyffrin residents, so you know sooner or later it will make it’s way around.

I will leave you with the numbers on A.J. Blosenski. And I will QUOTE West Whiteland Township:

For comparison, the current contracted rate for 2024 is $800,245. The proposed 2026 rate of $1,454,399.96 represents an 81.7% increase in hauling costs.

West Whiteland residents do you want an increase of 81.7 % ? I wouldn’t.

The meeting is this evening September 25th at 6:30 PM. You can go in person to 101 Commerce Drive in Exton or you can attend by zoom. Here is the packet link which includes zoom link at the top:

https://www.westwhiteland.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252024-1373

more trash talk

Well we broke up with A.J. Blosenski almost a month ago and they FINALLY picked up the cans yesterday…after the regular A.J. Blosenski trash truck emptied a can that had been empty for a month so I hope they don’t try to charge us for it since we are no longer customers.

However, they have NOT refunded us for charging us the next chunk of service the same day we cancelled service. Nor have we received a refund on the many missed pick ups.

My neighborhood had a partially missed pickup again this week. So did a lot of areas. It’s like they just decided not to pick up.

East Whiteland Township actually recently cited A.J Blosenski for all the issues that their residents have experienced. Some Willistown residents have remarked that they wish their township would be equally proactive.

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/te/trash-hauler-cited-east-whiteland-township

https://6abc.com/amp/aj-blosenski-trash-complaints-help-chester-lehigh-county-pa-representative-joe-ciresi/13685992/

Meanwhile over in West Vincent it must be noted that Whitetail Disposal had their soliciting permits REVOKED. For aggressive soliciting. And they have been very aggressive. In a lot of communities in Chester County again.

And Whitetail has a history of issues as well.

So I guess the more our county and region gets overpopulated the worse the trash pick up will be.

That is the trash talk update for the week. I will end by stating no issues with Opdenaker at all so far. Everything that we are paying for is happening and the customer service is actual customer service. i’m including their website in case anyone is interested in checking them out. They might not service all areas at this point but at least they are honest about the work they can actually do and can’t do depending upon the area.