BFI Waste Flows Downhill

New flow numbers on BFI site may help opposition

"...be powerless to stop the proposed expansion of the BFI landfill in Northeast Travis County. But council may have..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Solid Waste: Who's Driving the Train?

City staff's landfill-expansion decision has violated – at least in the spirit – a resolution passed by council. Now everybody wants to know why.

"...City staff, the citizen's Solid Waste Advis­ory Commission, and the city manager's office are potentially..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can Austin Waste Not?

City vows to cut landfill-bound garbage to zero

"...this idea, with its recently declared goals of reducing waste by 20% in four years, and achieving "zero waste"..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Waste Wars

City Tries to Seal Best Deal for Trash and Recycling

"...Solid Waste Advisory Commission member Gail Vittori questions the city's decision..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Solid Waste Land

Landfill Full

"...on Giles Road. But concerns about a two-decades-old hazardous waste disposal site at the landfill forced the city to..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Sunset Farms landfill operator requests 75-foot vertical expansion

"...the unpopular trash dump to close, but representatives of BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc., the company that..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Commissioners Court on Tuesday narrowly approved a deal with BFI Waste Systems of North America Inc., but delayed action..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...• BFI Waste Systems, which operates the Sunset Farms landfill in..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

The Players

"...BFI Waste Systems..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature

Top 10 Environmental Stories

"...through council a 20-year, $2.3 billion deal for a waste-wood-burning power plant. The Nacogdoches-area plant would provide about 75,000..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Politics Gift Guide

News staff suggestions for the wonks and smartasses on your list

"...or neighbor outraged by the city staff deal allowing BFI Waste Systems to expand the Sunset Farms Landfill. Comes..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

Headlines

"...get out of the agreement city legal signed with BFI Waste Systems not to oppose their landfill expansion; see..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: All Kinds of Trash

Don't ask, don't tell ... the council or anybody else about the landfill deal

"...That's why a Halloween agreement signed between landfill operators BFI Waste Systems, property owner Giles Hold­ings, and the city..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

In a reversal of the city's previous plan, the City Council has decided to send two-thirds of Austin's waste to Texas Disposal Systems and one-third to BFI.

"...the city agreed to a short-term deal that gave BFI the lion's share of Austin's waste, the City Council..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...be a garbage company's treasure some day. Assistant Solid Waste Director Joe Word is on a scavenger hunt for..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

Davis vs. the Dumps

"...that the three major landfills -- privately owned by BFI, Waste Management Inc., and Texas Disposal Systems -- are..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

More Hope Restored

The North Central Area Command hosts another cleanup on Galewood Drive

"...– including the Austin Fire Department and Browning-Ferris Industries waste systems – claimed another success on July 10, with..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...Best. The three women live near mountains of municipal waste deposited in three adjacent landfills, located between U.S. 290..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...BFI may be the #2 solid waste giant in the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...only recently learned of the significant amount of industrial waste that was buried at the site in the 1970s,..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...petition against KVET was in the works. -- A.S. BFI Makes Offer..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature

Cash for Trash?

Privatizing the City's Garbage Pickup

"...Willie Rhodes, the even-tempered director of the city-owned Solid Waste Services, spent the days following Todd's pitch putting a..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

At Your Service? Austin's Private Landfills

"...All things considered, Austin's solid waste services division has more pressing matters on the table..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...two rival bidders on the deal -- Texas Disposal Systems Landfill Inc. and Waste Management Inc. -- are embroiled..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature

Trashing the Trash Rules

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently adopted the most significant rewrite of the state's garbage rules in a decade

"...onlookers believe were guided by the hand of the waste industry, which was already faring rather well in the..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...hasn't yet certainly decided what. The leading possibilities: a solid-waste facility, an Austin Energy substation, or a wastewater treatment..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Can't Tell The Players Without A Scorecard

"...will be split between facilities operated by TDS and BFI...."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

The Dirt on Composting

"...way we commonly dispose of much of our organic waste – by bagging it in plastic and burying it..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Daily Hustle: 6/11/10

I don't need no cure … sweet Council hangover

"...of a contract with only the staff-selected frontrunner, Allied Waste, which sent council off the dais for a special-called..."

June 11, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...new automated mail-back service kiosk care of Houston-based ReturnKey Systems, Inc., which offers travelers a chance to mail home..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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