INC NEWS - Solid and Yard Waste being mixed before transporting

Fri May 25 12:24:04 EDT 2007

I agree, funding Durham yard waste program is worth discussing.
INC's June agenda is prioritizing issues/items/problems of interest for INC reps to address.

I will allow an hour discussion on the topic of how Durham SWM (Solid Waste Management) fund the yard waste program.
I know this is not enough to find a solution, but it will be time enough for the reps to submit suggestions/comments about the program. SWM will not be making a presentation. This hour is for citizen input. We will forword all information to officials after meeting. I will invite SWM after budget is approved for a presentation to us.

Donald Long, the SWM team and city officials are subscribers to the INC's listserv, so leading up to this discussion you may wish to post your suggestions/comments/solutions/complaints to the listserv. 

Please invite reps from as many neighborhoods/communities as know. We will be discussing action items for the upcoming year.

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 11:13:12 AM
Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Solid and Yard Waste being mixed before transporting

David:
Point taken. But this latest revelation about the mixing of waste 
does--at least in my mind--again raise the question of the entire yard 
waste program and fee, which has been ineffective and counterproductive 
since its inception.
Kelly

David Harris wrote:
> 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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> Dr. Kelly Jarrett
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> Duke Islamic Studies Center
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Dr. Kelly Jarrett
Program Director
Duke Islamic Studies Center
919-668-2143

111 Franklin Center, Box 90402
2204 Erwin Road
Durham, NC  27708
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