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“Outstanding service. They were extremely careful delivering the extra large container into our driveway.” -- A. L. GARNER
So far, the trucks now have a route along Dell Range Blvd. and are now working along Lincolnway.As for the previous containers, Nemecek says most of the Dell Range containers have been auctioned off where the money goes back into the solid waste fund. She says each time they purchase a new truck, they exchange an existing truck. Nemecek believes it will help the city economically and said, "It's a lot more economically feasible to have only one person picking up that same trash." When asked about what would happen to the other workers who worked the jobs that are no longer required, Nemecek says they still plan to maintain their employees, but plan to use them in more efficient ways. With a growing city, she said, "Basically it really does help us and helps the city to provide the same services with the same number of people to a larger population."The containers that previously were 1.5 cubic yards, now start at a size of 2 cubic yards and larger. Businesses can now pick what size of container they want as well as how many days they want their trash picked up during the week. Nemecek says their cost is dependent on both the volume of waste, as well as frequency of removal.However, some businesses say they have had some challenges with the new containers. Frontier Medical Plaza Building Manager Terry Johnson at Babson & Associates Primary Care says the larger containers do not fit in their previous trash enclosure area. The container now sits in their parking lot taking up one to two spaces. Johnson says not only is the waste sitting out for the public to see, but he's concerned about snow removal. The container now sits where their snow would be piled in the winter.In addition, Johnson says their business received the container without any warning back in October and now have to accommodate the changes. He argues that not only is it a challenge for the business, but he expects monthly fees to go up considerably.Nemecek says with any change their are going to be some changes and requirements. She says they are working with businesses to figure out the best solution to keep their costs down. In fact, monthly fees may actually decrease for some, according to Nemecek. She said if a person was getting service three times a week with a 1.5 cubic yard container and was able to change to only two times a week with a 2 cubic yard container, they would act... (KGWN)
Cleaner Newark Citywide Cleanup” on Thursday, October 5, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.The cleanup will take place rain or shine, starting and ending at Lincoln Park on Broad Street and Clinton Avenue, in Newark’s Downtown. Residents and business owners are being challenged to support this annual event and break out brooms and bags to clean up Newark’s empty lots and sweep litter from streets, in an effort to “Slam Dunk the Junk.”Last year more than 900 volunteers participated in the annual clean-up.“Gateway Cleanup Day has become a great tradition in the City of Newark. For 15 years, it has showcased our determination to make our beloved Newark a cleaner City,” Mayor Baraka said. “Residents of all ages and a variety of community organizations come together to remove trash from our streets and plant flowers, and physically transform the face and streetscape of Newark, making us a stronger as well as cleaner city. I congratulate all the participants for a decade of teamwork and partnership on this important annual event.”Teams can register in advance. Individual volunteers will be assigned to a team on October 5, and must be responsible for their own transportation. Walk-in volunteers can register the day of the event at Lincoln Park from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and can choose their own sites to clean from the list, which will be provided that day. Volunteer cleanup teams will gather and meet at the park to pick up supplies. All organizations must provide travel arrangements for their teams to their designated site locations. Teams will remove trash from 9 a.m.
The largest portion of it is divided among seven sites that dot the nation’s fifth-largest state: Illinois.The story of how the Land of Lincoln became the nation's biggest de facto nuclear waste dump is a tale of public fear, political pragmatism and the power of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard).It’s a story that radiates political irony. Among those responsible for Illinois’s atomic dilemma is the state’s favorite son, Barack Obama, who scuttled a decades-old project that was to have created a national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.Now there is renewed hope that Illinois will eventually unload its nuclear burden after all, because President Donald Trump – who lost Illinois by more than 17 points in November – is moving toward reviving the Yucca Mountain project.“I understand this is a politically sensitive topic for some,” former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, now Trump’s energy secretary, said in June, “but we can no longer kick the can down the road.”It is perhaps fitting that Illinois is the epicenter of the American nuclear power industry today, given that the Atomic Era started here. In December 1942, at the University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard created the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.That breakthrough, previously hypothesized from the work of Albert Einstein and others, would speed the end of World War II three years later, would hang ominously over the ensuing decades of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War, and would ultimately light the computer screen on which you’re reading this.Today, Illinois is home to six operational nuclear power sites at Byron, Braidwood, C... (WNIJ and WNIU)
A Lincoln, Nebraska, waste hauler is accused of dumping recyclables into a landfill, a report by the Lincoln Journal Star says. A photo of Husker Refuse Services surfaced showing a truck allegedly dumping recyclables collected from customers into the city landfill.Nancy Clark, environmental health supervisor for the city’s health department, said in the report that the complaint is the first under a new recycling ordinance that prohibits trash haulers from collecting recyclables and dumping them in the landfill.The photo was posted on a Facebook page titled Bad Business Lincoln, the report says. TJay Schejbal, an employee of Paragon Sanitation & Recycling, said he saw the truck, which showed Husker Refuse signage, while unloading his own truck at the landfill. Schejbal says in the report that there was no waste mixed in with the recyclables, causing him to believe the truck was dumping collected recyclables into the landfill.The city will send a notice that there is a complaint to Hu... (Waste Today Magazine)
Anderson is aiming for even more businesses to join in the upcoming year.Anderson invites volunteers to pick up trash around Lincoln Park as part of an annual event, which NJCCC developed. She gives out lunch and drinks, brings in a magician and a DJ to a stage erected in the park and eagerly creates buzz to get others excited about volunteering.“Brenda has taken her enthusiasm and energy to develop and grow the cleanup program in Newark,” Huber said. “It is this energy that has helped keep Newark clean as well as re-invented what a recycling program can mean in a large city.”In addition, Anderson creates and distributes free T-shirts to volunteers each year with the “Slam Dunk The Junk” logo. She even awards the top trash collectors with “Golden Brooms,” painted by Anderson to acknowledge their efforts.By continually introducing incentives, Anderson has given life to the cleanup program and turns it into something fresh and new every year. Anderson’s favorite age demographic for cleanups is teenagers.“The cans and bottles that you throw on the ground could be recycled,” Anderson said. “We are trying to save the environment and keep our city clean.”She is working for more litter enforcement in Newark.“You can give out materials and brochures, but until you hit their pockets, they won’t care,” said Anderson. Working with NJCCC, Anderson wants to continue the city’s annual recycling summit, founded in 2015, where Anderson brought in an EPA spokesperson, mayor, and council to discuss how a community can effectively increase recycling.In addition, she hopes to implement a poster contest, where kids can create drawings to be featured on a billboard for clean communities.Said Anderson: “Young people are the future. They have to take it to the next level, the government, state – wherever it can go even further.” Anderson admits her job isn’t always easy, but is committed to community education.“Recycling is a process. Clean Communit...
