food waste

Yard debris: Albany OKs weekly collection

Written April 28th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 25 responses.

With the approval of the mayor and three other council members, Republic Services will charge Albany households $2.95 more per month for trash service and start picking up yard debris every week instead of every other week.

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Tags: Albany trash service, food waste, Republic Services, yard debris

Food waste: Let the state keep out of it

Written May 18th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

As part of Governor Brown’s recent executive edict to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has published a plan to reduce food waste. What it boils down to is a plan to require citizens in Albany and around the state to clean their plate or else.

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Tags: executive order, food waste, food waste police, greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon DEQ

Council to get yard debris request

Written May 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

The question of starting weekly collections of yard waste will come up before the Albany City Council again this month. We’ll see whether carts overflowing with springtime clippings and storm debris prompt a different outcome now.

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Tags: Albany Sanitation, food waste, n composting, Republic Services, weekly yard debris

When the bin’s full, stop working

Written June 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Picture this: The yard waste container is filled to the brim, but the pick-up day for yard debris is more than a week away. The first thing to do is to take a break from the kind of yard work that generates more debris. The next thing is to wonder whether weekly service, rather than every […]

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Tags: Albany council, composting, food waste, Republic Services, yard waste