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Authority votes to remove unstaffed recycling bins in Smith River after years of contamination
Summary
The Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority adopted a resolution documenting multi-year attempts to reduce contamination at community recycling bins and approved Change Order 26 to remove unstaffed bins in Smith River (and a housekeeping removal in Hiuchi), directing staff to handle public notice and outreach.
Vice Chair Jason Greeno, vice chair of the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority, said the board adopted a formal resolution after years of efforts to reduce contamination at community recycling bins and approved a contract change to remove several unstaffed drop-off sites.
"We can't keep paying for someone's trash," Vice Chair Jason Greeno said as the board moved to adopt Resolution 2026-02, which the staff presented as a record of prior attempts to reduce contamination before authorizing removal. The motion was moved by a commissioner and seconded; the board voted unanimously to adopt the resolution and then to approve Change Order 26 to remove the…
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