For the last several weeks there has been a Republic Services dumpster sitting on the west side of Geary Street as you come out of Bowman Park. How much longer will it stay there?
What about all those left-over leaf piles?
Written December 17th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
In case you had not noticed, there are many piles of dead autumn leaves left on Albany streets. Will somebody pick them up and clear the gutters of all that mulch before it clogs the storm drains the next time it rains?
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany streets, autumn leaves, leaf pickup, leaf removal, Republic Services, storm drains, stormwater swales
Tags: Albany streets, autumn leaves, leaf pickup, leaf removal, Republic Services, storm drains, stormwater swales
Our new trash guide: Fun reading
Written January 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Throwing stuff away and having it hauled off used to be simple. Now it’s not exactly a science, but judging by Republic Service’s “2022 Residential Recycling, Yard Waste & Compost Guide,” it takes some study to do it right.
Coffin Butte rejection: Appeal is pending
Written December 23rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
On a bike ride Thursday afternoon I looked west toward the Coffin Butte Landfill from Oak Grove Drive in North Albany. Whatever happened to the controversial proposal to expand the landfill and cover up Coffin Butte Road, which the county’s planning commission denied on Dec. 7?
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News, Videos
Tags: Benton commissioners, Benton County Planning, Coffin Butte landfill, Republic Services, waste disposal
Tags: Benton commissioners, Benton County Planning, Coffin Butte landfill, Republic Services, waste disposal
Planning commission rejects Coffin Butte expansion
Written December 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Unless the Benton County Board of Commissioners says otherwise, the Coffin Butte Landfill will not expand to the south and cover Coffin Butte Road with a mountain of trash hundreds of feet tall.
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Tags: Benton County Planning Commission, Coffin Butte landfill, Republic Services
Tags: Benton County Planning Commission, Coffin Butte landfill, Republic Services
Trash disposal price hike sails through council
Written November 11th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
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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Tags: Albany trash, Coffin Butte, inflation, price of fuel, Republic Services, trash collection, trash rate hike
Tags: Albany trash, Coffin Butte, inflation, price of fuel, Republic Services, trash collection, trash rate hike
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New Coffin Butte plan keeps road open
Republic Services has unveiled its new and radically different plan for expanding the Coffin Butte landfill in northern Benton County. One big change is that the proposal keeps open and improves Coffin Butte Road rather than burying it under a mountain of trash.
Tags: Coffin Butte, conditional use permit, landfill, Republic Services, waste disposal