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Holly Yashi To Transform Old ACRC Site
Arcata jewelry manufacturer Holly Yashi has purchased the property that once served as the headquarters for the now-defunct Arcata Community Recycling Center (ACRC). »
Eel River Buying ACRC Samoa Processing Facility
Hardin expects to staff the facility with up to 15 workers when it opens. He said his company also plans to carry out recycling education programs. »
Bottled Water, Razor Wire Trip Up Arcata Resource Recovery Center
“Sometimes you learn from the curve,” Schager said. “We’ll have to try something else.” »
ACRC Shutting Down Today – January 14, 2012
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
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. »
Alan Sanborn: Adventure And Tight Places With The Reusables Depot – November 29, 2011
Arcata will soon see how much the ACRC has done for us over the years. I hope that the City will be able to fill the holes that are left behind. »
ACRC Announces January Closure – November 1, 2011
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
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
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
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. »