Mail TrashDid you know San Francisco doesn't ship their waste out of state? In fact, they asked Recology if they gave them their waste disposal agreement, would that mean their waste would go to Jungo Road. Recology told them, oh no...Jungo Road was only 'speculative' (see quote at: http://bit.ly/bjsmNc ).

Vonnegut We Could Have Saved the Earth

Well, they weren't (too damned cheap). And they didn't cow tow to threats of law suits by the big legal suits Recology rolled in.

Thank you.

The HCC voted to NOT grant Jungo Land Investments (Recology) a five-year extension on their Conditional Use Permit.

Game over. Hopefully.

While I don't know if Recology will file an appeal or anything else. Here's where we are today.

Well, here we go. Tomorrow, the Humboldt County Commissioners have an opportunity to re-visit the 5-year extension of the conditional use permit granted Jungo Land Investments (Recology) to build the Jungo Road Landfill. Bob Dolan and Massey Mayo are on the agenda to appeal the extension granted by the Regional Planning Commission on February 11, 2010. Information on the meeting is at this link: http://bit.ly/aMJyzV (there are documents related to the hearing under the 1:30 agenda item).

Reading the "Chico News and Review" today, I came across an article by Alastair Bland titled "Trash Evolution Local Disposal Company Focuses on Reusing and Recycling". Basically, the article, at this link, http://bit.ly/aHqj3K covers how Recology Butte Colusa Counties will focus on diverting the Butte Counties waste stream to renewable energy production. Several great innovative recycling approaches and the economic potential of this direction are covered in the article.

Sage GrouseI just had to laugh when I read the article on the negative impact the renewable energy industry is having on the Sage Grouse in Nevada in Las Vegas Sun http://bit.ly/dsdmhk this morning. Mind you, I'm not laughing at the impact to the Sage Grouse, I'm chuckling over the irony of the Sage Grouse issue and the Jungo Road Landfill project (did I mention I'd be blogging about that project?).

Well, this picture of me reflects my elation at the outcome of today's Humboldt County Commissioners' (HCC) meeting. The HCC voted 3-2 to hear the appeal from Bob Dolan and Massey Mayo to repeal the Regional Planning Commissions' decision on 2/11/10 to give Recology a 5-year extension on their conditional use permit(CUP) that is expiring in 4/10 after 3 years.Riding the recumbant, flying a kite,Jungo Road, 5/09

Try to imagine: a landfill that would bring in 4000 tons of non-recycleable waste, 5 days a week, for 95 years via train from California, and grow into an unnatural mountain on Jungo Road, just outside of Winnemucca. Nope, that last sentence is not a typo. April, 2007, a conditional use permit (CUP)was granted by the Regional Planning Commission (RPC) in Winnemucca, to Recology to build this landfill.