Weighbridges are being installed and recycling drop-off areas enhanced at transfer stations in Geraldine, Temuka and Timaru as the Timaru District Council moves to more fairly spread the costs of waste disposal. Changes to the fee structure when ...
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Transfer station weighbridges fairer – Scoop
Council approves Aldi deal – Seminole Beacon
SEMINOLE – Despite heavy protest from neighborhood residents, the Seminole City Council voted 5-1 on Feb.
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City Council making real progress on plastic bags – Baltimore Sun
As a Baltimore City resident and environmental law student at the University of Maryland School of Law, I was pleased to see the attention brought to the Baltimore City Council's current efforts to curb waste from discarded plastic bags ("Besieged by ...
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Santa Cruz City Council endorses effort to ban plastic bags – San Jose Mercury News
SANTA CRUZ - The City Council on Tuesday unanimously endorsed a countywide effort to ban single-use plastic bags and reduce paper bags handed out by retailers, a move that is gaining traction throughout California even though such measures are ...
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Santa Cruz Council to weigh support for cutbacks in single-use bags – Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ -- Tonight, the City Council will vote on whether to back the county's efforts to reduce single-use bags at retail establishments. The county's public works division is expected by April to finalize a draft ordinance aimed primarily at ...
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Flat recycling collection coming to Kingston (From Surrey Comet) – Surrey Comet
Doorstep recycling will be extended to Kingston’s flat dwellers next month, eight years after the council first pledged to bring the scheme to every household.
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A workable plastic bag fee for Baltimore – Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
The proposals now before the council — to ban plastic bags altogether or to discourage their use by forcing grocery and drug stores to charge exorbitant fees for the bits of flimsy — are non-starters. What’s needed are practical proposals that ...
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Baltimore considers plastic bag ban – Baltimore Sun
Plastic shopping bags snarl drainage grates, clog waterways and tangle up in trees, presenting environmental and aesthetic challenges.
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Plastic checkout bags in crosshairs again – Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
Baltimore City Council is scheduled to take another run Tuesday at reducing the proliferation of plastic bag litter around the city. The council will have a hearing and work session on bills aimed at banning plastic carryout bags altogether or ...
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Monte Sereno steps up with donation for music, jazz – San Jose Mercury News
The folks who run the Los Gatos Music in the Park and Jazz on the Plazz concert series are high on Monte Sereno these days.
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