Dive summary:
- As a part of a 2008 city ordinance, which set residential and commercial waste goals for the city, businesses in Eureka, California are required to start recycling.
- Some business owners are not pleased with the mandate claiming having to pay for the services might force their companies under.
- By 2020 the city hopes to have a 75% landfill diversion rate, right now they have reached 50% but still have more strides to make.
From the article:
Eureka businesses will soon be required to sign up for recycling services as part of a 2008 city ordinance that also saw mandatory residential recycling and garbage pickup implemented over the last several years.
This has rankled some business owners and Eel River Disposal, the Fortuna hauler and processor that contracts with many Eureka businesses to dispose of their paper and cardboard recycling.
Eel River Disposal is expanding and recently finished construction on a state-of-the-art processing facility and purchased the former Arcata Community Recycling Center buyback site. The switch is occurring in a period where the future of the county's recycling is uncertain, and a potential market grab could seal the fate of local processing. ...
