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?
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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
Inflation: Trash disposal going up as well
Written November 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
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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Tags: Albany disposal rates, Coffin Butte, consumer price index, diesel fuel, inflation, Republic Services
Tags: Albany disposal rates, Coffin Butte, consumer price index, diesel fuel, inflation, Republic Services
Landfill hearing goes on for four hours
Written November 3rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
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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Tags: Benton County, Benton planning commission, Coffin Butte, Highway 99W, Republic Services, solid waste, Tampico Road
Tags: Benton County, Benton planning commission, Coffin Butte, Highway 99W, Republic Services, solid waste, Tampico Road
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What about all those left-over leaf piles?
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?
Tags: Albany streets, autumn leaves, leaf pickup, leaf removal, Republic Services, storm drains, stormwater swales