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Our new trash guide: Fun reading

Written January 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

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.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: recycling rules, Republic Services, trash service

Coffin Butte rejection: Appeal is pending

Written December 23rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

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

Planning commission rejects Coffin Butte expansion

Written December 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

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

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.

Posted in: Commentary, News
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

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.

Posted in: Commentary, News
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

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.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Benton County, Benton planning commission, Coffin Butte, Highway 99W, Republic Services, solid waste, Tampico Road

Dump expansion rests on subjective standards

Written November 2nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

A big expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill is the subject of a public hearing before the Benton County Planning Commission tonight, Tuesday night. But the question is not whether the expansion is necessary or wise. Instead, it’s whether it meets some fairly nebulous or subjective standards in the county’s development code.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Benton County, Coffin Butte landfill, Coffin Butte Road, Republic Services, Tampico Road