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

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...of the state's most controversial dumps. The Austin Community Landfill actually lies next to its namesake city, which, along..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Caldwell County Landfill Opens After Years of Dispute

Neighbor: "This landfill should not be where it's sitting"

"...2013, when a Georgia waste company proposed a 17-story landfill in Caldwell Coun­ty near Lockhart, neighboring landowner Frank Sughrue..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Tracking a Caldwell County Landfill Proposal

Tracking a Caldwell County landfill proposal

"...County, an antagonistic and concerted resistance to a proposed landfill project has in recent months been commandeered by the..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

SXSW Film Review: Landfill Harmonic

Trash transforms to sweet music

"...create symphonic-quality musical instruments, Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley Landfill Harmonic is a secret treasure. What seems a competent..."

March 20, 2015 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Council Recap: It's a Long Way From City Hall to the Landfill

Tensions over trash, and wheeling and dealing to Save Muny

"...storing trash from city-owned facilities at the Austin Community Landfill, located in Northeast Austin. The contract expires on March..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Dumped by County, BFI Takes Landfill Plan to TCEQ

County rejects BFI deal but isn't willing to fight landfill proposal at state level

"...Waste Industries Inc. to vertically expand its Sunset Farms Landfill has sporadically soured the air at Travis Co. Commissioners..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Landfill Expansion Trashed ... for Now

Opponents of revised contract between Williamson County and Hutto landfill operator Waste Management Industries celebrate county commissioners’ decision to postpone voting on contentious new deal

"...of a revised contract between Williamson County and Hutto landfill operator Waste Manage­ment Industries celebrated Tuesday when county commissioners..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Smell of Victory Eludes Northeast Landfill Neighbors

Northeast Travis County residents decry slow pace of enforcement, regulation of their neighbor landfills

"...to anyone who would listen, neighbors of two regional landfills in northeast Travis Co. say their neighborhoods still stink..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Good News and Bad News for Neighbors of Austin Community Landfill

County and operator at odds over expansion

"...After months of worrying that Austin's most controversial landfill might soon be growing, neighbors and activists had been..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

BFI Landfill Is for the (Dead) Birds

A homeowner near a BFI landfill thought the scourge of vultures was bad enough – then they turned up dead

"...County landowner Evan Wil­liams, "it" is the controversial BFI landfill next to his property, and "they" are the estimated..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Landfill Chart Misleading

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height” [News, Sept. 18]:..."

Sept. 21, 2009 Postmarks

Over Massive Opposition, State OKs Landfill

Travis County, nearby residents seek to overturn TCEQ decision to allow new ACL transfer station

"...a new waste transfer station at the Austin Community Landfill, over the objections of residents and local officials, who..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

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

Waste not, what now?

"...city facilities and transport it to the Austin Community Landfill (ACL) is set to expire on Feb. 28, and..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height

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

"...on its green laurels, but with the Sunset Farms Landfill in North­east Travis County getting its expansion approved at..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Local Landfill Got Trashed by Garbage Giant, Jury Rules

Texas Disposal Systems wins its long-running defamation suit against Waste Management Inc. -- but isn't awarded damages.

"...had defamed its locally owned competitor, Texas Disposal Systems Landfill Inc., in an "action alert" distributed in January 1997..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Then There's This: Sunset Landfill Rises Again?

City seeks to annex property after waste company buys it

"...enough for Northeast Austin neighbors of the Sunset Farms Landfill. That marks the end of a 2009 settlement agreement..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

City Plans '[re]Manufacture' for Landfill

City hopes to create jobs while moving Austin closer to its zero-waste goals

"...locate on 107 acres adjacent to the closed municipal landfill will turn recyclable materials into new products and bring..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Council Blindsided on Landfill Deal

Council questions whether legal department acted appropriately in giving BFI the thumbs up on landfill expansion

"...in reversing the city's opposition to expanding the BFI landfill...."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Webberville Conundrum

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

"...though we move toward a zero-waste goal, there's still landfill requirements, and there's requirements for businesses and for industries..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Enviros and neighbors say the state's latest landfill rulings don't go far enough.

"...changes to its rules regarding daily operations plans for landfills -- and in a way that seems to benefit..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Solid Waste Land

Landfill Full

"...nearly 90% of the city's trash to the WMI landfill on Giles Road. But concerns about a two-decades-old hazardous..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Paraguayan Youth Band Turns Trash Into Treasure

From the trash heap to the concert hall with Landfill Harmonic

"...like the one he recently documented in his film, Landfill Harmonic. The musicians profiled look like any school band:..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Unveiling WebberVilla Muse!

Austin, Webberville leaders find common ground in "VillaVille"

"...complex on top of the city's proposed nearby Webberville landfill. The new studio complex/recycling depot will be called "VillaVille."..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Where does the food go?

"...cart (in addition to the ones for recycling and landfill trash) has been added into my routine. Gradually, I’m..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Summer's Tale

Eric Rohmer's 1996 film gets its first Stateside release – and the wait was worth it.

"...the film is a welcome tonic to the cinematic landfill that gets pushed into theatres this time of year...."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Can Austin Waste Not?

City vows to cut landfill-bound garbage to zero

"...(and after we've helpfully crammed tons of it into landfills and spread layers of it everywhere else), we humans..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Talking Trash

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

"...near mountains of municipal waste deposited in three adjacent landfills, located between U.S. 290 East and Blue Goose and..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Getting to Zero

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

"...miles from the Capitol to the Texas Disposal Systems landfill, where Austin's city-collected residential trash goes to be forever..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Postmarks

The Executioner

"...Management Inc. (WMI), and the Texas Disposal Systems (TDS) landfills in Travis County. My opinions are based on 13..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Column

Waste Wars

City Tries to Seal Best Deal for Trash and Recycling

"...the amount of waste the city puts in the landfill has declined by 12%, even though the city added..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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