INC NEWS - Solid and Yard Waste being mixed before transporting
bragin at nc.rr.com
bragin at nc.rr.com
Fri May 25 11:09:46 EDT 2007
With all due respect, David, from the city's perspective it may not be
the question they're addressing. But from a consumer of city services,
and payer of fees for services that are not being rendered, it's the
question that i'm addressing.
Barry Ragin
----- Original Message -----
From: David Harris <harrisdl2003 at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:06 am
Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Solid and Yard Waste being mixed before transporting
To: "Kelly Jarrett, DISC" <kjj1 at duke.edu>
Cc: PBaker8667 at aol.com, inc-list at durhaminc.org, TheOcean1 at aol.com
> Hi Kelly
> The question of how we pay for yard waste services was not the
> question we were addressing.
>
> David Harris
> 919-906-2023
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Kelly Jarrett, DISC" <kjj1 at duke.edu>
> To: David Harris <harrisdl2003 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: TheOcean1 at aol.com; inc-list at durhaminc.org; PBaker8667 at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 9:37:47 AM
> Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Solid and Yard Waste being mixed before
> transporting
>
> David--
> I don't understand why its too lengthy an issue for the listserv. I
> think the question of why we're paying for a yard waste program
> that
> isn't currently operating is a very valid question. The $60 fee for
> yard
> waste program has been a disaster from day one--with most city
> residents
> simply opting out of it. Those of us who are participating are now
> left
> to wonder--why we're supporting a yard waste program that is simply
> dumping our recyclable yard waste in with the garbage and hauling
> it off.
>
> Can we expect a refund? An extension of our contracts once a real
> yard
> waste program begins again?
>
> Kelly Jarrett
>
> David Harris wrote:
> > Bill I will be happy to discuss this item (This is not an issue)
> with
> > you/others. It is too lengthy for the listserv.
> > NC state law prohibits mixing solid and yard waste. This is the
> reason
> > for the permit from NCDENR.
> >
> > Director Long/rep from SWM will be at our next INC meeting to
> address
> > SWM questions.
> > We are anticipating by then this item to be a mute point.
> >
> > /David Harris/
> > /919-906-2023/
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "TheOcean1 at aol.com" <TheOcean1 at aol.com>
> > To: harrisdl2003 at yahoo.com; inc-list at durhaminc.org;
> PBaker8667 at aol.com> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:34:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Solid and Yard Waste being mixed before
> > transporting
> >
> > The neighborhood delegate who brought up this issue might wish to
> > chime in....
> >
> > But from my perspective the question seemed more poised from an
> > environmental stand point.
> > Glad to know we are fiscally responsible, but if yard waste and
> > garbage are being mixed, it begs the question of why we are being
> so
> > careful not to mix them at the curb.
> >
> > Anyone else feel for the new neighbor who rakes their lawn and
> puts
> > plastic bags by the curb? We all secretly wonder how long the
> > bags will sit there before the new neighbor realizes they are not
> > going to be picked up.
> > If we're mixing yard waste and garbage, those bags need not sit
> there
> > for eternity, they could be added to a garbage cart with extra room.
> >
> > What a nice way to meet your neighbor who doesn't know the
> system,
> > perhaps doesn't speak English. Offer to top off your trash cart
> with
> > one of their leaf bags, so they don't become permanent features
> of the
> > neighborhood, while you explain the system to them.
> >
> > In short, if yard waste and home waste are eventually mixed, why
> > shouldn't we mix them at the curb?
> >
> > Bill Anderson
> >
> > In a message dated 5/24/2007 9:03:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > harrisdl2003 at yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > Action item from Tuesday's INC meeting referencing Solid and
> Yard> waste being mixed before being transported from Durham 's
> transfer> station to the landfill in Virginia .
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday May 23rd, City Manager Patrick Baker presented us
> > with a letter dated December 18, 2006 from NCDENR (North
> Carolina> Department of Environment and Natural Resources) to
> Donald Long,
> > Director of Durham's SWM, permitting Durham to transport
> solid and
> > yard waste in the same truck from Durham's transfer station to
> > Brunswick Waste Management Facility, LLC Landfill located in
> > Brunswick, Virginia.
> >
> >
> >
> > There is a lengthy explanation for this action in which I
> will not
> > go into, other than to say the action is cost effective and good
> > stewards of Durham 's financial resources.
> >
> >
> >
> > /David Harris/
> > /919-906-2023/
> >
> >
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