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Commission backs letter asking City Council to let Cats on Wheels reclaim disposed bicycles from landfill
Summary
The Flagstaff Commission on Inclusion and Adaptive Living voted unanimously to forward a letter to City Council urging a policy change at the Cinder Lakes landfill that would allow Cats on Wheels to collect bicycles left for disposal for refurbishing and distribution. Commissioners discussed logistics, liability concerns and opportunities to partner with other local groups.
The Flagstaff Commission on Inclusion and Adaptive Living voted unanimously to send a letter to City Council asking that bicycles brought to the Cinder Lakes landfill for disposal be set aside so the nonprofit Cats on Wheels can collect, refurbish and distribute them.
John Buckley, a CATS board member who spoke to the commission, said the change would cost the city nothing and would divert usable bicycles from landfill disposal. "What we're here seeking is what we would like to get the city council to do is to change the current procedure by which bicycles that go to Cinder Lakes landfill are disposed of," Buckley said. He asked that the council allow disposed bikes to be…
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