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Joe Lancaster

Government Waste Monopoly Pits Private Dumpster Business Against Garbage Bureaucrats

Last year, an Arkansas town adopted an ordinance requiring that all residents use county services for all trash and waste pickup. It's ruining the livelihood of one local business owner.

Steven Hedrick lives in Carroll County in Arkansas's northwest corner. He worked in construction his whole life but had no retirement plan. So in 2020, after thinking about it for several years, he sold some personal possessions, cleaned out his savings, and started a new business: roll-off dumpsters.

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