Dive Brief:

• The Jersey City Incinerator Authority, (JCIA) which takes care of waste and recycling collections in Jersey City, N.J., has offered a contract to Regional Industries for waste removal.

• The new contract will cost the city a total of $7.2 million, saving the city almost $800,000.

• The length of the contract is for one year, as the city prepares to consolidate the Department of Public Works and the JCIA next year.

Dive Insight:

Two companies placed bids to become Jersey City's hauler, Waste Management and Regional Industries. Waste Management has acted as the city's hauler for over a decade, but its bid to renew was $800,000 higher than the winning bid.