To Keep Teens Out of Jail, Travis County Pilots First of its Kind Program for Those Accused of Assaulting Caregivers

Kids in the program get resources to stabilize

"...at the invitation of NYU’s Center on Violence and Recovery. Considering all of their research, they put their heads..."

Nov. 8, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

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

Taking the heat off local garbage collection trucks

"...collection trucks, like the ones operated by Austin Resource Recovery crews, it's a different story. Operators constantly stop and..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Waste not, what now?

"...curbside bins will still get collected by Austin Resource Recovery regardless of what happens with this contract, which covers..."

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

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

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...owner, global corporation Waste Manage­ment, is considering expanding the facility. (This reporter lived in the area during the reporting..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...whistleblowing include a 2007 settlement with a Minnesota medical facility over its retaliation against him for reporting hospital harm;..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Making Reuse Mainstream

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

"...Central Texas is one of the largest reusers of materials in Austin, but it's hardly alone. The last quarter..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Bag Ban Aftereffects

Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance

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

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Jessi Cape

Victory Recycled

Ecology Action leaves Ninth Street

"...leave by the end of October. Moving the drop-off facility isn't practical, Lar­rick says, both because of the cost..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Waste Not

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

"...may not parallel the national statistics exactly, Austin Resource Recovery Director Bob Gedert told the Zero Waste Advisory Commission..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Getting to Zero

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

"...recycled, or composted instead of landfilled. The Austin Resource Recovery Mas­ter Plan, adopted in December 2011, established the goal..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

What Goes Where?

Recycling do's and don'ts

"...phone books, PVC pipes, sandwich baggies Household Hazardous Waste Facility..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature

Then There's This: Two Developments at Crossroads

A proposed recycling plant collides with a planned residential project

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

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'

"...name, along with its avowed purpose, to "Austin Resource Recovery") handle all weeds, junk, and litter dumping complaints. In..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Recycling Recycled ... Again

Contentious negotiations confirm one thing: Trash is golden

"...voted on a contract to design and permit a materials recovery facility – a way station for sorting and..."

April 15, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Controversy over new South by Southwest dome in Bastrop

"...Department. The plan is to re-engineer Austin's long-awaited planned materials recovery facility to also accommodate a recycled construction materials..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

"...Systems for short-term recycling services (read: before a local materials recovery facility is built), with two optional six-month extensions..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TDS, Balcones to Split City Recycling Work

Split vote over decision to abandon bid process

"...July, with a long-term contract, including creation of a materials recovery facility, in September...."

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

'Service Reductions' and 'Unmet Needs'

What the numbers show

"...maintenance 688,000 Additional crews and resources for 11 parks Facility and pool maintenance 521,000 General maintenance, pools and parks..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Gets Trashed

MRF talk and more budget matters

"...Totescast is recycling tropes, as we return to the Materials Recovery Facility controversy over which contractor gets to sort..."

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

The Daily Hustle: 6/8/10

Your council preview for this Thursday

"...renovation and construction of a African-American Cultural and Heritage Facility. Using bond money approved in 2006, it's proposed at..."

June 8, 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: 5/17/10

MRFs, oh my!

"...but haven’t touched on the finalists to build a materials recovery facility, or MRF, to sort the city’s recyclables...."

May 17, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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