Bureaucrat who led garbage privatization efforts to take job at waste company

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The city bureaucrat who has led efforts to privatize garbage collection is stepping down from his post.

Geoff Rathbone, General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services, is heading for a job at Progressive Waste Solutions (formerly BFI), one of the country’s largest waste management firms. He’ll leave at the end of the month.

The move comes as City Council gears up to debate a controversial plan Mr. Rathbone masterminded that would contract out garbage collection between Yonge St. and the Etobicoke border.

“He has been exceedingly helpful on the contracting out issue,” said Denzil Minnan-Wong, chair of Toronto’s Public Works committee. “He was a strong advocate of it, believed in it, thought it would save the city money.”

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