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

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

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

"...roughly 40% of food in the U.S. goes to waste. That statistic is an estimate that includes waste throughout..."

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

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

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

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

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

"...a decidedly anti-environment state government, Austin still maintains ambitious zero waste goals of diverting most trash from the landfill..."

"...his feet, 10,000 cubic yards of what was once waste are being transformed into a substance that can restore..."

"...A city of Austin contract with Waste Management, Inc. to collect waste from city facilities and..."

"...Resource Recovery staff estimate that construction and demolition (C&D) waste constitutes 20-30% of the materials going to landfills, roughly..."

"...She was enjoying her fairly new job as a zero-waste coordinator at UT-Austin, and she served as a City..."

"...year, four people showed up at the Travis County Commissioners Court to tell their elected officials about what it's..."

"...In June, Austin Resource Recovery and the Zero Waste Advisory Commission presented to City Council a report..."

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

"...lays claim to more than 60 different boards and commissions, ranging from the Arts Commission to the Airport Boulevard..."

"...for Council to approve an emergency contract extension with Waste Management, Inc. that would allow ARR to continue storing..."

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

"...field to succeed retiring Travis County Precinct 1 County Commissioner Ron Davis is essentially complete. There are four declared..."

"...Austin Resource Recovery – to be presented to the Zero Waste Advisory Commission Wednesday – is that the two-year-old..."

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

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

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

"...think [he] would help a taxpayer. Well, no help, zero help out of him, and obstruction by the city..."

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

"...announcement of two programs in line with the city's zero-waste goals: eco awareness campaign One Green Step, and the..."

"...conflict of interest rules while serving as a city commissioner, City Coun­cil members today (Thursday, Oct. 16) will attempt..."

"...being the promised land. But a new report by Zero Population Growth (ZPG) calls them the two best places..."