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I think it is quite appropriate." His opinion was shared by then dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, Orville Schell, who said, "One has to admire the enterprise of someone willing to do this sort of research." The current online dialogue around the article is almost unanimously positive—minus some grousing that a 16-year-old article is being discussed at all. "This is an outragous stunt," Barton Gellman tweeted today. "I approve." "Many of the deficiencies in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence can be traced to the feeling of powerful people that the government's surveillance powers are unlikely to be turned against them," another tweet by Jameel Jaffer followed. "Today in why we have to save alt weeklies," Carter Sherman also tweeted with a link to the story. (Willamette Week)
Department of Facilities & Environment.A map included in the staff report shows dumping sites in the city stretch from the Berkeley to San Leandro borders, between Highways 880 and 580.The city’s cleanup department, Keep Oakland Clean and Beautiful (KOCB), picks up trash seven days a week, with a commitment of clearing work orders within three business days.In the last three months, KOCB was able to respond to the work orders within three days at a 93 percent rate, but staff is uncertain that workers can maintain that rate, according to Kattchee.About 75 new complaints on average are reported to the department each day. Of these, about 30 are handled by Waste Management.The city pays $5.5 million a year to remove illegal dumping.In April, the city commissioned a study of illegal dumping piles “to get a greater insight into the roots of the problem,” said Kattchee.The survey examined 75 piles to gain a greater understanding of the sources of the trash, whether residential or commercial, and cities from which they came.The study found that 55 percent of the piles included residential goods, and 8 percent was construction-related debris.Only 3 percent of the trash was homeless-related.“Demonizing the homeless is not going to solve this problem. The data shows that,” said Kaplan.The survey was not very successful in connecting the piles to cities of origin – 63 percent of the piles were of unknown origin. Twenty-nine percent was identified as coming from Oakland.Ken Houston, a local activist, pointed to the public health threat that illegal dumping poses.“The street has no rules, so they’re dumping things that are hazardous that are being carried into our households – on our children’s feet (and) on the wheels of strollers.”Many people have cats, he said. “You can’t see what’s on that cat’s fur.”In addition to responding to complaints, the city has expanded its bulk pickup program for items too large to fit in a trash cart and is planning an educational campaign for residents, utilizing direct mail and social media: Nextdoor, Facebook and YouTube ads. (oaklandpost.org)
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County (W.Va.) Solid Waste Authority will collect deer carcasses from Berkeley County hunters through Dec. 31.Hides, bones and other waste materials from any legally harvested deer will be accepted for free at the Grapevine Road Recycling Center or the South Berkeley Recycling Center.The material should be placed in one or more large paper leaf bags, which can be purchased inexpensively at many area hardware and discount stores.Plastic bags used for material transportation won't be accepted.The recycling centers are open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on posted holidays.The material will taken to the Lyle C. Tabb Composting operation in Leetown, W.Va.The litter-control program is an effort to increase recycling and reduce the littering and open dumping of deer carcasses along area roadways, creeks and streams.
Image 4 of 18COASTAL_021_LH.JPG clockwise--Crouton Jones, from Boulder Creek, Tymn Urban (cq) from Santa Cruz, and Bill Haskell from Berkeley picking up mostly glass and nails at the 20th annual California coastal cleanup day at Boony Doon beach. Shot on 9/18/04 in Davenport. LIZ HAFALIA / The Chronicle Ran on: 09-19-2004 Crouton Jones (left) of Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz County), Tymn Urban of Santa Cruz and Bill Haskell of Berkeley pick up trash. Ran on: 09-19-2004 Crouton Jones (left) of Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz County), Tymn Urban of Santa Cruz and Bill Haskell of Berkeley pick up trash. lessCOASTAL_021_LH.JPG clockwise--Crouton Jones, from Boulder Creek, Tymn Urban (cq) from Santa Cruz, and Bill Haskell from Berkeley picking up mostly glass and nails at the 20th annual California coastal ... more Photo: LIZ HAFALIA, SFC Image 5 of 18Workers along Warm Water Cove, in San Francisco, Calif., as they join hundreds of volunteers participating in the Community Team's Coastal Cleanup Day, at different locations along the San Francisco Bay shoreline, on Sat. September... (SFGate)
Kaplan said.The survey also looked at where the illegally dumped piles were from and found that “nominal amounts” of trash came from Berkeley, Emeryville, San Leandro and Hayward. However, most of the materials that could be traced came from Oakland.Environmental Science Associates recommended a “long-term media campaign focused on resetting community norms” to fight the problem.“The campaign would be designed to change the current social practice of putting excess garbage in the right of way and simply hoping it will disappear,” the report said.The report also highlighted the need to “increase use of the bulky pickup program.” The program, which is part of the city’s zero waste initiative started in 2015, offers one free bulky waste pickup each year for all Oakland residents.Before July 1, 2015, the service was only available to houses and did not include apartments. The program is part of a contract between the city and Waste Management.In 2016, Waste Management made 1,057 bulky waste pickups from apartment and condo buildings, totally 1,321 tons of material.“Increasing participation in the multifamily bulky waste collection program is a high priority,” the report said.Public Works plans to reach out to apartment tenants, managers and owners over the next year in various ways to inform them of the program. Through the current old system, tenants had to go through their landlords to schedule a pickup. Landlords now have the option of allowing their tenants to schedule pickups on their own.Another issue brought up at the committee meeting was the system in which illegal dumping piles are dealt with. Cleanup crews currently respond only to individual calls for piles. Kaplan said that results in piles being left behind even if a pickup crew drives right past it or deals with a pile nearby.“Illegal dumping piles often sit for quite some time,” Kaplan said. “One, it’s gross. And two, it attracts more dumping. When people see there’s illegal dumping somewhere, they say, ‘Oh, we can dump here,’ and it rots and can cause dangers to public health.”Public works administrators agreed to consider assigning crews to areas where dumping is a problem, rather than assigning them to specific dump piles.Kaplan said enforcement of illegal dumping needs to be strengthened.“People need to understand that it’s not OK,” Kaplan said. “We can fine people, and I would encourage people who see illegal dumping to take a picture or write down the license plate and report it to the city.”Kaplan said city attorneys have started to bring claims against illegal dumpers.Like our Facebook page for mo... (East Bay Times)
