BFI Waste Flows Downhill
New flow numbers on BFI site may help opposition
"...be powerless to stop the proposed expansion of the BFI landfill in Northeast Travis County. But council may have..."
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Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Waste Wars
City Tries to Seal Best Deal for Trash and Recycling
"...Solid Waste Advisory Commission member Gail Vittori questions the city's decision..."
Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Solid Waste: Who's Driving the Train?
City staff's landfill-expansion decision has violated – at least in the spirit – a resolution passed by council. Now everybody wants to know why.
"...City staff, the citizen's Solid Waste Advisory Commission, and the city manager's office are potentially..."
Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Can Austin Waste Not?
City vows to cut landfill-bound garbage to zero
"...this idea, with its recently declared goals of reducing waste by 20% in four years, and achieving "zero waste"..."
Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Solid Waste Land
Landfill Full
"...on Giles Road. But concerns about a two-decades-old hazardous waste disposal site at the landfill forced the city to..."
March 5, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce
BFI Landfill Is for the (Dead) Birds
A homeowner near a BFI landfill thought the scourge of vultures was bad enough – then they turned up dead
"...Travis County landowner Evan Williams, "it" is the controversial BFI landfill next to his property, and "they" are the..."
March 20, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
In a reversal of the city's previous plan, the City Council has decided to send two-thirds of Austin's waste to Texas Disposal Systems and one-third to BFI.
"...the city agreed to a short-term deal that gave BFI the lion's share of Austin's waste, the City Council..."
May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Then There's This: Sunset Landfill Rises Again?
City seeks to annex property after waste company buys it
"...proceedings on a nearby tract that the landfill's operators, BFI Allied Waste Services (owned by Republic Services) recently acquired..."
Oct. 5, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith
Cash for Trash?
Privatizing the City's Garbage Pickup
"...launched his crusade to privatize a variety of city services. But this isn't Cleveland or Detroit, where worker representation..."
July 5, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith
Trash of the Titans Offends Neighbors, City Board
Neighbors rack up more complaints about Northeast landfills -- and the city Environmental Board joins the fray.
"...Last spring, neighbors complained to the landfill owners -- Waste Management Inc. and Browning-Ferris Industries -- about the gulls,..."
Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height
TCEQ OKs landfill's march toward Austin's highest point
"...On Sept. 9, the Solid Waste Advisory Commission received a long-awaited report from consultants R.W...."
Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Year in Politics
The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997
"...9) BFI was a BFD. For all of its trendiness, recycling..."
Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...DA Ronnie Earle announced that Nebraska-based Bonding and Technical Services of Texas pled guilty, under a plea bargain, to..."
Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature
At Your Service?
Austin's Private Landfills
"...All things considered, Austin's solid waste services division has more pressing matters on the table..."
July 5, 1996 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...School) – site of the ill-starred public-private housing and social-services project – is now known as Austin Ridge. The..."
March 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Top 10 Environmental Stories
"...through council a 20-year, $2.3 billion deal for a waste-wood-burning power plant. The Nacogdoches-area plant would provide about 75,000..."
Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...downtown campus. Pete Boykin, president of CSC's global financial services group, says the board's unanimous vote was expected; it..."
May 21, 1999 News Feature
The Webberville Conundrum
Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there
"...hasn't yet certainly decided what. The leading possibilities: a solid-waste facility, an Austin Energy substation, or a wastewater treatment..."
June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Can't Tell The Players Without A Scorecard
"...will be split between facilities operated by TDS and BFI...."
March 5, 1999 News Feature
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...be a garbage company's treasure some day. Assistant Solid Waste Director Joe Word is on a scavenger hunt for..."
Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature
Ecology Action: Recycled by Zoning?
Neighboring 'cop shop' garage dissatisfied with EA's upkeep
"...suddenly landed in the sights of the city's Solid Waste Services Zoning Enforcement division. The complaints that initiated the..."
Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature
The Dirt on Composting
"...way we commonly dispose of much of our organic waste – by bagging it in plastic and burying it..."
Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
The Daily Hustle: 6/11/10
I don't need no cure … sweet Council hangover
"...of a contract with only the staff-selected frontrunner, Allied Waste, which sent council off the dais for a special-called..."
June 11, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories
"...the Dumper Refuse generated festering council heat, as Solid Waste Services kept putting its worst foot forward. The expandable..."
Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar
McTear Admits Murder, Gets Maximum Sentence
Ortralla Mosley's killer gets the maximum sentence.
"...order them to attend counseling or mandate other social services. "There is another child in that home," Meurer said,..."
June 13, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Talking Trash
A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.
"...Best. The three women live near mountains of municipal waste deposited in three adjacent landfills, located between U.S. 290..."
May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...petition against KVET was in the works. -- A.S. BFI Makes Offer..."
July 4, 1997 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...response to residents' concerns over late revisions made by BFI to the contract last Friday. During the heated proceedings,..."
Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again
The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill
"...only recently learned of the significant amount of industrial waste that was buried at the site in the 1970s,..."
Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader
Naked City
"...bond rating has been upgraded by both Moody's Investor Services and Standard & Poor's. The upgraded rating will hopefully..."
Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature
Bullock Texas State History Museum
