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Supervisors hear concerns over recent recycling-center closures, sponsor resolution asking Safeway to halt evictions
Summary
Supervisors heard testimony about multiple recycling-center closures at supermarket parking lots and a supervisor said she would introduce a resolution urging Safeway to cease evicting redemption centers and asking the Department of the Environment to pursue a more evenly distributed network of redemption centers.
Supervisor London Breed and Supervisor Mark Farrell and others heard public testimony and a committee hearing prompted by Supervisor Mar’s June 19 meeting on the closure of recycling centers at supermarket parking lots. Supervisor Mar described the abrupt closure of several redemption centers — including sites at Safeway Church & Market and the La Playa Safeway in the Outer Richmond — and said closures are concentrated in the northern part of the city.
“At that hearing on June 19, we heard from a number of longtime recyclers and…
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