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URBASER SOCIEDAD ANONIMA controversies

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  1. 2020

    Urbaser fined over missed waste collections

    Fine or penalty

    Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council fined contractor Urbaser after it was reported to have missed up to 1,000 waste collections a day. The councils warned that the fine could rise if performance did not improve.

    Company response

    • Remediation — Urbaser

      we are implementing an action plan immediately to ensure that all residents receive reliable and regular waste collections.

    Source excerpt

    • Urbaser must pay a fine to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council as well as Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, after it came to light the contractor was missing up to 1,000 collections a day.
    • Some people haven't had bin collections for a number of weeks, for others it's been a question of having bin collections on different days.
    • News of the fines was shared in a public letter from Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council's chief executive, Julie Beilby, to Urbaser's managing director, Javier Peiro, yesterday.