BURNT
THE METRO COUNCIL
P. O. BOX 128555 NASHVILLE [37212]
615.327. 8515
7 August 2012 A MEMBER OF COMMUNITY SHARES
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$160 A Ton to Landfill
Who Has Metro’s $140 Million? Landfilling 700,000 Tons Out of County is Socially Marginal Does Any Body On The Council Throw Their Garbage in Their Neighbors Yard? Today, the State Solid Waste Control Board voted for Regulations which perpetuate Tennessee Landfill policy. These policies may have serious enough errors to over turn or they may not. The Real question: why is the leadership of Tennessee and Nashville so willing to embrace the cash rich Solid waste industry?
How did the landfill industry come to control local and state governments? >>>>>landfills are subsidized because requirements that polluted ground water be remediated to the initial condition are waived >>>>>Why does Metro Nashville business and citizens pay $140 million a year for rotten landfills when we could for a small capitol investment create jobs and business? >>>>>solid waste can be a raw material for jobs and business or it can be a profit center for multi-national out of state corporations. Why does the leadership of our State and city let these companies take jobs away from citizens?
The Governor, Office of Economic Development, and Jobs Solid waste is a state matter. Solid Waste can be managed as the raw material for jobs and business. During a 10—11 July Hearing on diverting waste from landfills before the Senate Energy and Environment Committee, research by the College of Charleston that recycling 1,000 tons creates 1.7 jobs and an aggregate in $79,000 in personal income. Why do our leaders allow this money and jobs to be hauled to the landfill Waste Landfilled
50% Diversion
Potential
jobs**
Cost to Landfill
State
8 million tons
4 Million tons
6,8000 jobs
$1.4 billion
Metro
700,000 tons
350,000 tons
500 jobs
$140 million
**!.7 jobs per 1,000 tons recycled, College of Charleston Study
HERE IS THE RUB Why did the Office of the Governor and Office of Economic Development not ask the State Solid Waste Board to delay this decision so that there could be investigation of creating 8,000 jobs? Or, why does the Metro
Mayor tolerate the extremely unsustainable practice of garbage laden trucks traveling 1.2 million miles on Tennessee Highways to cart waste?
Could it be there are two kinds of green?