July 22, 2004
Time to recycle
Scores of people have swamped the seven Office Depot stores in the Sacramento region with outdated electronic gear since the retailer and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a joint recycling program.
Many of them didn't wait until the official start Sunday. Instead, they began drop-offs the day news of the program was printed in newspapers. Rather than turning people away, store managers decided to accept the equipment early.
"The response has been overwhelming," said Mohammed Khan, a district manager for the Office Depot...
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July 21, 2004
Williamson County Landfill Seeks to Grow
Waste Management, Inc., operator of the Williamson County Landfill north of Hutto, has filed an application to increase the landfill's size from 100 to 500 acres.
The company filed the permit amendment with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). If granted the expansion would make the landfill the largest such facility in the state, according to Robin Schneider with the Texas Campaign for the Environment...
Taylor Daily Press July 7, 2004
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July 20, 2004
Introducing Texas Trash Watch
Texas Campaign for the Environment is pleased to introduce Texas Trash Watch. TTW a central point for grassroots organizations to monitor the activities of Texas landfills, the corporations who run them, and then governmental bodies that regulate them.
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