The debate followed last week's announcement Delta, a DCC-owned company, had lost the eight-year, $20.6million contract to run the landfill. Waste Management Ltd was instead the council's preferred contractor, following a competitive tender process which attracted four bids. The announcement is expected to cost Delta at least 12 jobs, although the company was still refusing requests for details yesterday. A Delta spokesman would only say the company was ''working through the implications and are unable to comment on potential outcomes''. ''There was certainly no specific decision made to take it away from a Dunedin company,'' he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 03, 2017 18:00 UTC