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Spokane County may take control of area garbage system

Control of Spokane’s regional garbage management system would shift from City Hall to the county courthouse under a reorganization intended to improve the system’s political fairness. But residents aren’t likely to see any change in their service, officials say. Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing Tuesday to consider the future of garbage across the county.
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Spokane’s secret deal with Dow AgroSciences wasn’t legal

Spokane city leaders last year agreed to keep a settlement with a chemical company secret even though state law prevents them from doing so. The 2011 settlement with Dow AgroSciences was released this month in response to a public records request filed by The Spokesman-Review. City attorneys acknowledge that they should not have agreed to the confidentiality clause because state public records law prevents them from keeping such settlements private.
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City settles compost suit with Dow

A decade ago, Spokane was stuck with thousands of tons of unwanted compost that killed tomato plants. It was a mixture, city officials said at the time, that forced the end of the city-run Spokane Regional Solid Waste System’s composting operation in Colbert.
Bob Davis, neighbor, examined green waste during the tour of the Regional Compost Facility in Colbert Friday, August 3, 2001. About a year later, as a result of contamination with the weed killer clopyralid, the Spokane Solid Waste System voted to buy out the contract it has with Nocal Waste Systems to operate the Colbert composting facility. The city then closed the composting facility and began shipping its green waste to Oregon. Hyosub Shin/The Spokesman-Review (Hyosub Shin / The Spokesman-Review)
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Photo: Bob Davis, neighbor, examined green waste during the tour of the Regional …

Bob Davis, neighbor, examined green waste during the tour of the Regional Compost Facility in Colbert Friday, August 3, 2001. About a year later, as a result of contamination with the weed killer clopyralid, the Spokane Solid Waste System voted to buy out the contract it has with Nocal Waste Systems to operate the Colbert composting facility. The city then closed the composting facility and began shipping its green waste to Oregon. Hyosub Shin/The Spokesman-Review
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City OKs Waste-to-Energy deal

City leaders on Monday agreed for the second time this year to a deal that keeps Spokane’s Waste-to-Energy Plant open another three years. The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to approve an operating contract with Wheelabrator, the Waste Management subsidiary that has operated the plant since it opened. The city’s current 20-year deal with Wheelabrator expires in November.
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Waste disposal costs to rise

Revisions in the contract for operating Spokane’s garbage incinerator would contribute to a proposed 10.2 percent increase in countywide garbage disposal costs. County commissioners directed their staff Wednesday to take a hard look at a suggested $10-a-ton increase in disposal costs, from $98 to $108. But they leaned toward approval of a three-year extension of Wheelabrator Spokane’s contract to operate the Waste-to-Energy Plant.
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Spokane City Council approves plan for more recycling

Spokane residents will soon get the ability to recycle more at the curb under a 10-year contract approved Monday by the Spokane City Council. The council voted 6-1 to approve a deal with Waste Management Inc. that will allow the city to overhaul its two-decade-old recycling system.
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Broader recycling options coming to Spokane

Spokane residents will soon get the ability to recycle more at the curb under a 10-year contract approved Monday by the Spokane City Council. The council voted 6-1 to approve a deal with Waste Management Inc. that will allow the city to overhaul its two-decade-old recycling system.
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On a quest for renewable energy

Wind turbines are sprouting in parts of the state, their giant stalks and slowly churning blades rendering futuristic landscapes. To supporters of a law that required utilities to use more renewable energy, it’s a brighter future, where electricity’s less expensive and the environment’s healthier.
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I Love Clean Air Day attunes children to environment

Valentine’s Day is usually about loving other people. Children showed their love for the environment Saturday at I Love Clean Air Day, an event filled with activities at Mobius Kids. “By teaching our children about their environment through fun activities, we hope to inspire them to make choices that protect our air, land and water resources,” said Margee Chambers, a Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency spokeswoman.
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Commissioners approve incinerator improvements

Getting rid of a ton of garbage may cost about $12 more next year if the Spokane City Council accepts an agreement county commissioners offered Tuesday. Commissioners unanimously approved a contract amendment that would allow the city to pay $18 million for improvements to the electricity-generating incinerator that serves the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System.
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Garbage deal taking shape with proposal for regional board

Public officials throughout Spokane County agreed Thursday to create a new regional garbage-disposal system that might not use Spokane’s Waste-to-Energy Plant. A host of thorny details are to be worked out by a committee, but the basic framework is a regional board with authority to contract with Spokane or any other service provider.
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County, cities review waste system plans

More than 50 people turned out Wednesday for the first day of a conference to form a new plan for garbage disposal in Spokane County. Twenty-two officials from Spokane County and cities in the county reviewed the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System and their goals for reforming it.
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Mayor now says she’ll attend waste summit

Spokane Mayor Mary Verner reversed course Monday and said she will attend this week’s Solid Waste Summit after all. Verner had said she thought the city and Spokane County were so far apart on how to restructure the regional garbage-disposal system, which processes all trash collected countywide, that attendance would have been a waste of time.
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Regional waste summit on, with or without Spokane

Next week’s regional Solid Waste Summit will occur regardless of whether Spokane participates, County Commission Chairman Al French announced Friday. The two-day gathering of local government officials throughout the county is intended to outline a new framework for the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System, which is owned and controlled by the city of Spokane.
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