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..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Solid Waste Services

Toward a greener future

"...leadership to the issue: selecting a new director for Solid Waste Services, renegotiating the existing recycling contract with Greenstar..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beside the Point: Solid Waste: Willie Rhodes Slides Sideways

City announces SWS 'reorganization' – Rhodes to head 'Code Compliance'

"...barely left the building when the long-anticipated reorganization of Solid Waste Services was announced, by means of a brief..."

June 5, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Waste Wars

City Tries to Seal Best Deal for Trash and Recycling

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

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

City Hall Hustle: Waste Not, Want Not

Council considers closing loopholes in recycling code

"...– close longstanding loopholes that have rendered the city's zero-waste goals as imaginary as granny's death panel. Despite the..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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

Zero Waste by 2040: A Recommendation Sneak Peek

What the consultants have to say

"...I'm in recovery," began Rick Anthony, one of two zero-waste plan consultants recently hired by the city of Austin...."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

City Hall Hustle: Sins of Commission

Levy KO'd by Tovo as public safety assumes the position

"...natural disaster, assassination, and steroid investigations does board and commission action garner as much ink as Kathie Tovo's decision..."

July 15, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

A Plan to Plan for a Zero-Waste City

Leadership will determine the success of long-range strategy

"...has started the public consultation process on the Integrated Solid Waste Management Master Plan (or ISWMMP for short). At..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

New SWS Director Announced

California Resource Recovery Association boss Robert Gedert to run recycling

"...Executive Director Robert Gedert will take the reins at Solid Waste Services, starting Feb. 1, 2010...."

Dec. 8, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 3/25/11

Recycling contract put thru the wringer

"...recycling contract dominated City Council’s meeting yesterday. And while Solid Waste Services’ suggestion to award the contract entirely to..."

March 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Taking Out the Trash

Delayed 'Master Plan' for Solid Waste Department is tip of the landfill

"...to develop an integrated management master plan for the Solid Waste Services Department. Thrilling stuff, I know. But what..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 7/14/10

Getting ready for their close up

"...Board and commission work, including council's Public Health and Human Services committee,..."

July 14, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 5/5/10

One dog of a post

"...Busy day on the Board and Commission roster: City Council's Public Health and Human Services committee..."

May 5, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

A Cacophony of Passions

Why the City Council changed the boards and commissions system – and what still needs to be done

"...for transparency as council modifies the city's boards and commissions system – explains in a nutshell why Austin maintains..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The B&C List

"...Below is our subjective division of city boards and commissions into tiers, based on the degree to which council..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Getting to Zero

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

"...the city has adopted ambitious goals to reduce the waste it generates. In fact, "waste" as a concept is..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Wasting Away

Could a Trash Giant's Stumbles Hurt Austin?

"...illustration by Doug Potter Waste Management Incorporated is in the midst of what can..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Muffing the MRF

Who's left to bid on running the city's recycling facility?

"...Greenstar for an extra year, to September 2011 (see "Solid Waste Services," Dec. 4, 2009)...."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Adds Costs and CO2 to Recycling Program

Our milk jugs, newspapers, and cereal boxes are shipped to Dallas for sorting and selling

"...90-gallon recycling bins increase the volume and types of waste that residents can recycle, the new trucks started making..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...Department is relatively new. It split off from the Solid Waste Services Department less than two years ago, after..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Cash for Trash?

Privatizing the City's Garbage Pickup

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

July 5, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height

TCEQ OKs landfill's march toward Austin's highest point

"...On Sept. 9, the Solid Waste Advisory Commission received a long-awaited report from consultants..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Although it received support from all the boards and commissions that looked at it, it still needs approval from..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature

Boards & Commissions

"...Here’s a list of 122 board and commission appointments made by City Council at the end of..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...15 at 3pm in the City Hall Boards and Commissions room. Be there and/or be square. – R.P.M...."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Daily Hustle: 4/14/10

Gotta get over the hump

"...Riley, and Sheryl Cole) meet in the Boards and Commissions Room in City Hall, 301 W. Second, at 3pm...."

April 14, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Cast Away

Pure Castings, Zavala Elementary, pollution, jobs ... and the neighborhood

"...Air Control Board (a predecessor agency to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), Carman has spent 17 years as..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Summer Not-so-Blockbusters

During Council hiatus, the work goes on

"...hiatus, it's fallen to the city's multivaried boards and commissions to mint the summer sleeper hits. Or to put..."

July 17, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Trouble Abhors a Vacuum

There's always room for argument at City Hall

"...– a $1.5 million contract to develop an Integrated Solid Waste Management Mas­ter Plan for the Solid Waste Services..."

June 19, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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