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ACRC Shutting Down Today – January 14, 2012

By kevpod

These facilities will be closed effective at the close of business January 14, with the layoff of all processing center employees to follow. »

Closure Near, ACRC Loses Money – December 26, 2011

By kevpod

The Arcata Community Recycling Center (ACRC) has lost recyclables from the greater Arcata area as the county will send them elsewhere in anticipation of ACRC’s self-announced mid-January closure. »

ACRC Announces January Closure – November 1, 2011

By kevpod

All ACRC facilities will operate normally through the end of this year. Arcata drop-off, buy-back, and Thrift Store are open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ACRC’s Samoa facility will accept materials from curbside programs, Humboldt State University and trade accounts through early January 2012. »

HWMA May Buy Out Crippled ACRC – July 26, 2011

By kevpod

Some observers of the situation view that as a move toward local control of recycling while others think it’s an attempted bail-out of a fiscally weakened ACRC. »

Kathy Marshall: HWMA’s Ready-Fire-Aim Approach To Recycling – June 7, 2011

By kevpod

There is a need, and clearly community concern, that our local waste and recycling infrastructure remain intact and grow stronger; and the HWMA needs more time to figure out how to achieve that. »

Margaret Gainer: A Fancy Word For Garbage – May 31, 2011

By kevpod

I call it Loophole Recycling. It’s a loophole for local governments that have not been able to comply with state mandated goals for landfill diversion. In the proposal to transport in a single-stream to Willits, it is especially “loophole recycling” because it must be dumped twice and is further contaminated. »

City Lawyering Up – May 26, 2011

By kevpod

City Manager Randy Mendosa will ask the City Council next week to hire alternate counsel to handle legal matters pertaining to recycling. »

Margaret Gainer: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish – April 12, 2011

By kevpod

Attend the Thursday, April 14 HWMA board meeting to express your concern. This is a time for local elected officials to put their money where their mouths were and keep the value-added jobs of processing recyclables local. We should not give away our jobs and future business development for a “few cents on the... »

Jilted ACRC Threatening Legal Action – April 4, 2011

By kevpod

And the ACRC alleges that the RFP process is unfair, as the Intelliwaste study “disclosed all of ACRC’s operational costs and revenues in a public document.” »

HWMA Drops ACRC – February 16, 2011

By kevpod

To the HWMA boardmembers, including Arcata Councilmember Michael Winkler, the decision was clear-cut – ACRC responded to a request for five-year contract proposals with an offer to process recyclables at a cost of $65 a ton. Renewable Waste Systems is offering to pay the HWMA $8 a ton. »