Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...team at a holding facility for Browning, Ferris International (BFI) which had confiscated the two Dumpsters from Scaggs' office..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Postmarks

"...business in the phone book, and even drove to BFI in East Austin to try to recycle (they only..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

Eastside Discontent

Closing the Book

Sept. 18, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

God's Steward at the TNRCC

In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix

"...on Christian love and compassion. Houston-based Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) wanted to expand its Tessman Road landfill in Bexar..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

"...9) BFI was a BFD. For all of its trendiness, recycling..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

A Murky Crystal Ball

Council Too Busy to Bother With Predictions

"...battle to replace SB 1704, the tug-of-war over the BFI Recycling plant, the Tannehill Apartment complex... the hard work..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Top Tens of 1997 Council Watch

Top Ten Quotes Heard Around City Hall

"...and bees." -- Eastside activist Joe Quintero, protesting the BFI Recycling plant in the East Austin Gardens neighborhood...."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Waste Wars

City Tries to Seal Best Deal for Trash and Recycling

"...with its recycling contract. For years, neighbors of the BFI recycling facility on Bolm Road in East Austin have..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Players

"...BFI Waste Systems..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature

Neighbors Know Best

Lewis, Garcia Team Up Against Affordable Housing

"...the clash between the Eastside Gardens neighborhood and the BFI recycling plant, and the recent editorial page tug-of-war between..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Naked City

Off the Desk:

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

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...materials, a job currently handled by a third company, BFI, which also competed for the contract...."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...council's way through the murky mid-July waters of the BFI zoning rollback. Although the BFI debate had been brewing..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Hispanic Pass Over

Garcia, Spelman Open Cans of Racial Controversy

"...especially following the successful East Austin Overlay and the BFI Recycling zoning rollback, both of which were championed by..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Planning From The Neighborhoods Up

"...probably all heard about the zoning battles over the BFI and Balcones Recycling plants in East Austin (we've been..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature

Get on the Bus

illustration by Doug Potter

"...the new council rolled back the zoning of the BFI Recycling plant, which abuts onto an East Austin neighborhood,..."

July 25, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Keeping Industry Out

illustration by Doug Potter

"...in favor of the proposed zoning change of the BFI recycling plant at 4712 Bolm Road from LI, limited..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

News Boss

"...an example, he cites the Statesman's coverage of the BFI Recyclery in East Austin, and of the beleaguered Cap..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Off the Desk:

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

July 4, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

Justice Denied

"...I attended the public hearing regarding the BFI zoning at Zavalla Elementary school last fall. I was..."

June 6, 1997 Column

Eastsiders Decry BFI

Residents Say Recycling Plants Constitute Enviro-racism

"...proposal to roll back the zoning of the nearby BFI Recycling plant at 4712 Bolm Road from "LI" --..."

May 30, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Laredo. Health and safety are other concerns. When the BFI Recyclery caught fire last year, neighbors feared the wind..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature

Mayfield Fights Back

Ward and June Say Nay in Northwest Hills

"...to us is the same thing that happened with BFI," he says, referring to the Browning-Ferris recycling plant-cum-environmental menace..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...K.V. Moratorium Granted Sparked by a fire at the BFI Recyclery over the summer, a grassroots revolution has emerged..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature

Off the Desk:

Naked City

"...welcome wagon, particularly after another Eastside recycling center, the BFI Recyclery, erupted in flames this summer...."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature

Hallucination Village

Reynolds and Mitchell Dream Big

"...East. Remember, it was earlier this year that the BFI recycling plant, also in East Austin, erupted in flames...."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...25-year recycling deal, beginning late next year. Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI), Waste Management, Inc., and Texas Disposal Systems, Inc., are..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...residents. They're dismayed that Balcones and another existing company, BFI Recyclery, prefer East Austin above anywhere else. Some residents..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...is giving the city of Austin, Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) and residents who live near BFI's recycling center at..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature

Public Notice

Tears From Heaven

"...to Your Cans Due to the Fire at the BFI Recycling warehouse, City of Austin will Suspend Recycling Services..."

July 26, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

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