I attended the Nevadans Against Garbage Meeting held at the Martin on August 5th. Here are a few notes of interest.
- Nevadans Against Garbage is a groups of local non-partisan citizens who are concerned about the proposed landfill and are dedicated to work toward getting it shut down.
- Nevadans Against Garbage has a new website: http://nolandfill.wordpress.com
- If you have news you’d like them to post, you can email notrashland@yahoo.com or if you’d like to send an email directly to Swan (lead organizer) at keepjungoclean@yahoo.com
- Bob Dolan, a local attorney, is also working with the group. He indicated that Recology is a $500M/yr operation and will use all possible tools available to be able to use the 4 sections of land it owns just west of Winnemucca … and that in using all 4 sections, the Jungo landfill would become the world’s largest landfill site. In an effort to influence politicians to nix this site, Mr. Dolan will be forming a new political action group: Desert Protectors PAC.
- Recology currently has a conditional use permit which is set to expire in March 2010. The final permit, once issued, would grant use of the 4 sections of land for 95 years (and at 4,00o tons of garbage a day for 95 years … you do the math). It’s imperative to nurture a loud public opinion that will sway County Commissioner and Regional Planning Commissioner opinions. If things don’t change, then all we can do would be to make the host agreement so expensive that Recology would abandon their plans.
- Any action to revoke the permit, must occur at the Regional Planning Commission. If you’d like to contact one or more of the commissioners, here’s their contact information:
Ray Olsen (owner of Olsen’s Drug Store)
term expires 06/30/2012
515 N Highland Dr., Winnemucca, NV 89445
775-623-3823Pam Wickkiser
term expires 6/30/2012
5555 Carson Dr., Winnemucca, NV 89445
775-623-1970Stephen Nye
term expires 6/30/2010
15 Sunnyside Ave., Winnemucca, NV 89445
775-623-3146Walter Lee
term expires 6/30/2013
PO Box 248, Paradise Valley, NV 89426
775-587-3328Bob Edwards
term expires 6/30/2011
4107 Two Rock Dr., Winnemucca, NV 89445
775-623-5225Joyce Cox
term expires 6/30/2012
PO Box 1280, Winnemucca, NV 89446
775-623-6619Richard Brown (owner The OnRamp.net)
term expires 6/30/2011
3565 Brown Lane, Winnemucca, NV 89445
775-623-1223 - Recologyis a new name for the organization. Their previous corporate name used to be NorCal. The same chief operating officer has been in place since 1986
Contact Information
Recology
50 California St., 24th Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94111
CA Tel. 415-875-1000
Toll Free 800-652-1275
Fax 415-875-1124
Type: Private
On the web: http://www.norcalwaste.com
San Francisco’s trash collector since 1921, Recology (formerly Norcal Waste Systems) cleans up in North California. Through its subsidiaries, Recology handles garbage collection, recycling, and other waste management services for more than 600,000 residential customers and 60,000 commercial customers in San Francisco and some 50 other California communities. The employee-owned company operates landfills, transfer stations, and hundreds of recycling programs. Recology’s recycling operations include materials-recovery facilities, recycling of construction and demolition debris, and composting of food and other organic waste.
Officers:
Chairman: Blake Murillo
President, CEO, and Director: Michael J. (Mike) Sangiacomo
EVP and COO: George P. McGrath
Competitors:
Republic Services
Waste Connections
Waste Management
I’ve invited a representative from NAG (which is not the organization responsible for the offensive “Pelosi’s Garbage” campaign) to attend our meeting on 8/12/2009 to bring us up-to-date on their efforts.