[Durham INC] Waste Industries Donates Garbage Truck to Durham's African Sister City

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

 

For Immediate Release: February 14, 2012

 

 

Waste Industries Donates Garbage Truck to Help Durham's African Sister
City

Waste Industries to Present Truck to Assist Solid Waste Program in
Arusha, Tanzania 

 

What:              Sister Cities Truck Donation Presentation

 

Who:               City of Durham Office of the Mayor, City of Durham
Solid Waste Management Department, Sister Cities of Durham, Inc., and
Waste Industries, LLC

 

When:             Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 2 p.m.

 

Where:           City of Durham Fleet Management Department*
                        Lower Visitor Parking Lot
                        1900 Camden Avenue 
                        Durham, N.C. 27704

                        *Rain site: Fleet Management Department
Conference Room

 

Fast Facts:

*         Mayor William V. "Bill" Bell, City Manager Tom Bonfield, Solid
Waste Management Director Donald Long, and a representative from Sister
Cities of Durham, Inc. will be in attendance to discuss the City's
partnership to help Durham's sister city, Arusha, Tanzania, acquire a
new garbage truck.

 

*         Waste Industries President and Chief Operating Officer Harry
Habets will donate a garbage truck to Sister Cities of Durham who will
receive it on behalf on behalf of Arusha, Tanzania.

 

*         Brady Surles, president of the board of directors for Sister
Cities of Durham, along with the current co-chairs and founder of the
Arusha Committee, will also be in attendance to accept the donated
garbage truck. After the ceremony, the donated garbage truck will then
be shipped to Arusha, Tanzania.

 

*         The City of Arusha, Tanzania currently owns several vintage
1980 model garbage trucks that serve more than 10 collection sites
around the city.

 

*         Long visited Arusha, Tanzania in December 2010 to provide
assistance in designing a curbside waste collection and convenience
center service, and serves as a technical advisor on a grant application
in which Arusha, Tanzania was awarded $115,000 from Sister Cities
International and the Gates Foundation. 

 

*         Sister Cities of Durham, Inc. is a non-profit organization
promoting international friendship, intercultural understanding, and
economic development.

 

*         The City of Durham has four sister cities around the globe,
including Durham, United Kingdom; Kostroma, Russia; Toyama, Japan; and
Arusha, Tanzania.

 

*         To learn more about Sister Cities of Durham, Inc., visit 
www.SisterCities-Durham.org. 

 

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