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Two street trash cans filled to the top with garbage and plastic bottles. | Lestertairpolling | Dreamstime.com

Government Waste

Brickbat: Expensive Garbage

Charles Oliver | 1.25.2024 4:00 AM

X-Dumpsters owner Steven Hedrick. | Screenshot (YouTube)

Monopoly

Arkansas Business Owner Sues Over Government Garbage Monopoly

X-Dumpsters owner Steven Hedrick rents roll-away dumpsters to people, but now his city forces residents to contract with the county.

Joe Lancaster | 8.28.2023 4:30 PM

Steven Hedrick stands by his truck, labeled X Dumpsters, that he uses to transport Dumpsters. | Goldwater Institute

Local Government

Government Waste Monopoly Pits Private Dumpster Business Against Garbage Bureaucrats

Steven Hedrick rents out roll-off dumpsters to people and hauls them away after. A new city ordinance is mandating that people use county services instead.

Joe Lancaster | 5.4.2023 3:45 PM

Large image on homepages | Joanna Andreasson. Source image: JakeOlimb/iStock.

Future

Uber, but for Poop

Jay Stooksberry | 10.23.2018 6:00 AM

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