Fury as Backwell tip sends recycling rubbish to landfill
The reason – they had turned off the compactor because neighbours had complained it was ‘too noisy’ and the skips were full. Waste compactors are used to reduce the volume of rubbish to be able to fit more into the recycling skips. …
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Public works refers residents to city’s website on transfer station rules
Harold F. Alvord, the city’s director of public works, said he wasn’t familiar with the circumstances, but added that such items likely would jam the compactors. “I would think that our weigh master would probably come up and talk to the guy — I would …
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