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 ). It is comical to see Recology quoted as telling San Francisco so they could position themselves to get San Francisco's contract, at the same time Recology is suing the Humboldt county community for loss of revenue after their conditional use permit was not extended on April 5.

Frankly, I can't imagine any Californians being supportive of sending the worst of their waste to another state given their efforts in being environmentally accountable.

Since April 5, 2010, when the Humboldt County Commissioners voted NOT to extend Recology's conditional use permit for 5 more years given their own lack of diligence, Recology has a) Filed papers to sue Humboldt County, b) Filed to sue Humboldt County Commissioners individually, c) Filed for a judicial review of the Commissioners 4/5 decision and received an emergency stay, which also halted a case filed against them on the original CUP, and d)then had the gall to DIRECT the County District Attorney to file suit against the wildly successful voter initiative for the November ballot (See Recology lawyer letter: http://bit.ly/bBcD1s) to limit out of town/state trash. All of this after blaming 'angry citizens' for speaking up and blocking their progress on permits. By their own timeline, Recology notes these 'angry citizens' did not speak up until 2+years after the original CUP was issued.

The commissioners recently voted unanimously to let the ballot issue proceed. Good for them. I wonder what Recology will do. Probably not hard to predict. If you guessed they will sue San Francisco for violating anti-trade laws by not shipping their waste out of state, I haven't done a good job of explaining this. Sorry about that!

There is more to the Recology story and the many faces they present from community 'green' partner to corporate bully. My hope is that the press continues to dive in, and that our communities learn from one another in stopping this.

FYI:
Recology did secure an air quality permit from the NDEP, February, 2010.

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by Tracy Austin