Dive Brief:
- A waste employee has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for starting his collection route too early in the morning.
- Kevin McGill, the operator of the sanitation truck, violated an ordinance established in the city of Sandy Springs, GA.
- He began hauling waste at 5 a.m., while city regulations state trucks can only roll through town by 7 a.m. at the earliest.
Dive Insight:
McGill didn’t receive a warning from authorities and did not have a lawyer representing him. It is not clear what, if any, role his employer played.
Bill Riley, the chief prosecutor said that early waste collections has been a recurring issue in Sandy Springs. He urged the judge to give McGill the maximum sentence allowable by law. Riley said fines do not deter workers from arriving on the job before 7 a.m.
