Category: Solid Waste Authority
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Problems, Problems every where you look
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 15, 2021 – Cartoon Credit to Guy & Rodd. I suppose it shouldn’t be all that surprising that in a small ruralCounty in California that there seems to be problems wherever youlook. A Solid Waste Authority that in itself is a waste. 2. An Airport Commission that…
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Fact checking the fact checker: Tedd Ward’s fairy tale
By Samuel Strait – July 16, 2017 – It would appear that our esteemed Director of the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority, (DNSWMA) Tedd Ward, has begun his year early under the haze of recreational cannabis in his latest creation posted as a Letter to the Editor in the Triplicate titled “FACT CHECK –…
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Get rid of the waste!
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – April 21, 2017- Can you believe we have among the highest tipping fees in the state? What are tipping fees? It’s a gate fee (or tipping fee) is the charge levied upon a given quantity of waste received at a waste processing facility. In the case of a landfill…
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The true costs of recycling
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – January 10, 2017 – It seems like it was only yesterday, not two years ago, when I found myself sitting next to Jordan Kekry waiting to be called in for Jury Duty in the Del Norte County’s Court House. I knew of Jordan, but beyond his distribution business, and of…