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Local recycling business raises alarm over illegal dumping and lost recycling volumes
Summary
RCS Waste & Recycling owner Ross Hewitt told the board that recycling volumes have fallen sharply and that allegedly out-of-county loads are being buried in the county landfill, creating enforcement and business viability concerns.
Ross Hewitt, owner of RCS Waste & Recycling, addressed the Board of Supervisors and described recent operational and policy challenges: a large private investment in a single‑stream recycling facility, a sharp decline in curbside recycling collections, reports that some haulers are delivering county recycling loads to the landfill, and an apparent lack of…
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