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“Outstanding service. They were extremely careful delivering the extra large container into our driveway.” -- A. L. GARNER
Posted: Oct. 1, 2017 12:01 am QUINCY -- Most of the refuse being dropped off Saturday at Quincy's citywide cleanup did not come as a surprise to Dan Winters. As the general manger for the West Central Illinois business unit of Republic Services, he sees the typical couches, mattresses, windows, lumber and large toys. However, it was the first time he has seen someone bring a jacuzzi to the cleanup. "They got it on the trailer, and we set it in a bucket," Winters said. A crew of about 60 employees from Quincy and divisions as far away as Jefferson City, Mo., St. Louis and Springfield manned the event which ran for 10 hours. With temperatures in the 70s, the weather was ideal for both crews and residents. "Obviously, when you have weather like this, it's a win-win for anybody," Winters said. The cleanup site at Front and Payson was busy once it opened at 6 a.m. and it remained busy throughout the day. The line for the cleanup sometimes reached as far east as 12th and Payson Avenue. "There has not been a break... (Herald-Whig)
Frayser community are not welcoming the expansion. Quincy Jones, manager of Neighborhood Preservation, Inc.'s efforts in Frayser, said the landfill proposed "in the heart" of the Frayser/MLK Neighborhood Initiative "clearly imposes an extreme and overbearing activity next to an elementary school." "This sends the wrong message to both students and their families as a whole," Jones said. "The fact that this is Memphis Wrecking Company's third recent attempt at expanding this landfill underscores their level of insensitivity to the Frayser community. In fact, it is shameful that while so many local interest groups are pouring in positive resources into Frayser to improve its long-beleaguered image we have to fight against a landfill's expansion alongside of Whitney Elementary." As a requirement of the company's application to expand the landfill, MWC is to hold a community meeting with representatives from adjacent neighborhoods and receive their feedback. A meeting is planned for Tuesday, August 29th at Impact church on Clifton. The company is set to present their application before the city's Land Use Control Board on September 14th, while public comments on the proposal will be accepted by the Office of Planning and Development through September 6th.
