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Trash disposal price hike sails through council

Written November 11th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 11 responses.

A couple of members grumbled a little, but in the end the Albany City Council unanimously approved Republic Services’ price hike of 5.9 percent for trash collection and disposal in 2022.

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Inflation: Trash disposal going up as well

Written November 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 8 responses.

Inflation is showing up in different places, and next year it will hit your bills for trash collection in Albany. Republic Services will increase its prices just under 6 percent starting Jan. 1, the company has told the city council.

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Landfill hearing goes on for four hours

Written November 3rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 8 responses.

The proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill occupied the Benton County Planning Commission for four hours on Tuesday night. It was a public hearing, but the public didn’t get to speak till a quarter to 10.

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Coffin Butte: The price and other concerns

Written December 8th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 27 responses.

Republic Services wants to sharply increase the minimum fee for taking stuff to the Coffin Butte landfill, but the price of dumping is not the only issue that should concern the public.

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By the roadside, a pile of yard debris

Written June 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 6 responses.

It would be tempting to say that “The Shadow Knows.” Tempting but wrong. The man casting the shadow has no idea why someone would dump a load of brush trimmings by the side of the road and leave it there.

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