At Saturday’s budget meeting a resident highlighted that the City of Greensboro currently pays a nice chunk of change to haul trash to a landfill a couple counties away. The follow up statement that was made is that the city should consider reopening the White Street Landfill. From an economical standpoint we do spend a lot of money hauling trash – but at this point in time the city doesn’t appear to have a viable alternative. I also want to clarify that the White Street Landfill is still being used, but not to municipal waste.
One thing that Interim City Manager Bob Morgan said at the meeting was that if White Street was reopened to municipal waste that it would only be a viable alternative for 2 – 3 years. I’ve talked with a large number residents about using White Street in a larger way and they have all been very much opposed to doing so – as am I. And they aren’t just somewhat opposed, it is adamant opposition. Not to mention that it would be a tragedy to get the community in an uproar for something that would only be a temporary fix (Assuming the 2 – 3 years of use that Morgan mentioned is correct).
What if we could somehow reduce the amount of waste the city has to haul to the landfill outside of Greensboro? For instance, what if the city could require all apartment complexes to offer recycling? I wrote about the recycling issue over at GreensboroPolitics.com a while back. At the very least this would be a starting point to reducing the amount of money we spend hauling trash down the interstate.
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Here’s an idea: http://www.startech.net/plasma.html It’s only 1200 feet from the end of Cone Blvd to the landfill and the rough grading has already been done. Close the White Street entrance forever and enter the landfill from Cone Blvd and the gate that already exists on 16th street. Then install Waste 2 Energy Plasma Conversion and profit from our garbage.
But I guess reasonable solutions from politicians is really too much to expect.
In the meantime the residents who live next to the landfill can look forward to more traffic congestion and noise as the 1000 acre parcel we speak of is cut up and developed into houses, condos, convenience stores and strip malls.
“Assuming the 2 – 3 years of use that Morgan mentioned is correct).”
If I were you I’d check with NC DENR about the truth of that statement– you see, there are 500 never used acres there.
I’m certainly glad that I don’t consider myself to be a politician. Thanks for throwing out an idea.
Ryan
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