Has Austin Resource Recovery Found a Solution to Its Chronic A/C Problem?

Taking the heat off local garbage collection trucks

"...Gardner Service Center where ARR trucks are repaired. The facility was named after Gardner, a beloved employee of 20..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Walk Through the Wildflower Center's Field of Light

Acclaimed artist Bruce Munro basks in the evening glow with his new installation

"...the collapsing farmhouse he had bought, using readily available materials. He said, "My dear old mum said, 'Don't be..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Tries to Keep City's Trash Out of Hated Landfill

Waste not, what now?

"...such sites were less strict. "The existence of this facility is a prime example of the evolution of a..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Earth Day Redux

Early showers stretch timeline for Earth Day celebrations

"...conduct occurring on the premises of a critical infrastructure facility." The Big Bend Defense Coalition has put together a..."

April 26, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...markets, resale shops, online auctions, and domestic and overseas recycling operations. The stuffed animals are both the evidence of..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Bag Ban Aftereffects

Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance

"...that a large number of reusable bags in the recycling streams were found to be grossly underused. That is,..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Jessi Cape

Victory Recycled

Ecology Action leaves Ninth Street

"...Street and the southbound I-35 frontage road, Ecology Action's recycling drop-off center will close its doors. The center has..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Waste Not

Local groups work to "rescue" food from loss and landfills

"...doesn't break down and turn into soil. Because such materials are covered with dirt each day and are cut..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...waste" by 2040, meaning the city will divert the materials that would have gone to the landfill to other,..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

What Goes Where?

Recycling do's and don'ts

"...Residential Single-Stream Recycling..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature

Then There's This: Two Developments at Crossroads

A proposed recycling plant collides with a planned residential project

"...The two divergent paths could either lead to a recycling facility, fleet site, and transfer station for waste collection..."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Attempting to Comply

With a new name and a new boss, Code Compliance tries to become more 'people-friendly'

"...of step with modern best practices for trash and recycling, especially with the delays over building a city-owned materials..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Recycling Recycled ... Again

Contentious negotiations confirm one thing: Trash is golden

"...Austin's efforts in the recycling department go back further still. Council got serious about..."

April 15, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories

From the dais to the streets

"...LET'S GO MRFING! The city's quest for its own materials recovery facility was this year's council farce, with Texas..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: In the Shadow of Sanders ...

Council facing less dramatic agenda this week

"...a one-year contract with Texas Disposal Systems for short-term recycling services (read: before a local materials recovery facility is..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TDS, Balcones to Split City Recycling Work

Split vote over decision to abandon bid process

"...The latest chapter of Austin's recycling saga comes to a close with a less-than-unanimous vote..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Play It Again, MRF

There's many a slip between the dais and the big blue bin

"...By now, the materials recovery facility debate is itself more recycled than a..."

June 25, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Gets Trashed

MRF talk and more budget matters

"...The Totescast is recycling tropes, as we return to the Materials Recovery Facility..."

June 24, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Daily Hustle: 6/18/10

More MRF madness next meeting

"...The Materials Recycling Facility saga has been a strange one, with..."

June 18, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...of errors that has been the search for a materials recovery facility – a sorting center for the city's recycling..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature

The Sunday Survey, 6/13/10

Democracy and decisions delayed

"...panic, both Water Treatment Plant 4 and the city's materials recovery facility remain in their respective limbos. Time for..."

June 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 6/11/10

I don't need no cure … sweet Council hangover

"...of errors that has been the search for a Materials Recovery Facility gained another chapter yesterday, as City Council..."

June 11, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 6/10/10 (Updated x 2)

Water Treatment Plant No. 4 dominates low impact agenda

"...executive session, with discussion of hot topics like the Materials Recovery Facility and historic landmark zoning still in wait...."

June 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Recycled Dreams: Three MRFs and a Phantom in the Wings

The council considers recycling proposals, with one offer off the table

"...from three finalists proposing to build Austin its own materials recovery facility, a center for sorting and expediting recyclables...."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 5/13/10 (Updated)

Arizona travel ban, water conservation, and other subjects left unsaid

"...Cole's bond proposal, and a presentation on city accepted Materials Recovery Facility (recycling) proposals. This ain't over!..."

May 13, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 5/12/10

New call for bag ban

"...volunteer program with local sellers to step up their recycling of the nettlesome sacks, which due to their petrochemical..."

May 12, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: The Hangover

Recycling, homeless housing, and spandex – cure for a migraine?

"...with Greenstar North Amer­ica, which has handled the city's recycling stream since 2008. But as the city lacks a..."

March 26, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Riding the Riverside Rail

Which comes first, the train or the passengers?

"...add to the perils already facing urban rail. Still Recycling..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...impact, and its carbon footprint – from purchasing to recycling, energy conservation to vehicle miles traveled. The meeting drew..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: A Little Night Music

City Council takes yet another look at updating the sound ordinance for festival season

"...the crowds should be Item 15, extending the city's recycling contract with Greenstar North America – which trucks our..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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