community owned landfills

[Kelley]

Hey,

Has anyone on this list heard of a community-owned landfill or MRF?

Kelley

[Gary Liss]

There are lots of them.  That was the norm in Central California for many years.  

San Diego is a good example.  You could get contact info from Rick Anthony.  Rick was also the Solid Waste Manager in Fresno County in the 1980s.  Fresno developed the 1st Sanitary Landfill in the country, and that was publicly owned.

Gary

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[Kelley Dennings]

Thanks, Gary. Sorry for my lack of clarity in the question. I used to work for a publicly-government-owned landfill. 

I'm asking instead about "community-owned" like a community garden, community loan fund or community solar. Are there worker-owner or co-op landfill or MRF examples? Do any landfills have unions? Can a landfill become a land trust? Maybe there are examples in the composting space? Thanks for any input from this list.

Kelley Dennings, PMP, MPH, CPH, FPHW

she/her/hers

Center for Biological Diversity (my day-job)

[Blair Pollock]

It was also true here in Orange Counth NC & for its first 28 years was jointly owned & governed by its “Landfills Owners Group” of three original investors of the County, the town of Carrboro and The Tiwn of Chapel who agreed to fees, budget & policies. 

Blaire

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On Jun 25, 2024, at 8:22 AM, Kelley Dennings <kden...@gmail.com> wrote:



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