March 11, 2004
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Minneapolis Residents – please consider calling or emailing your city council member to support Eureka Recycling for the city’s new waste management bid.
The latest article on the subject can be reviewed here:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/4657058.htmlTo sum it up – we have Eureka a locally (St. Paul) owned business with a 17 year history of being good citizens, paying their employees well with good benefits, and being environmentally conscious.
Opposing them, we have WMI and BFI – both mutlinational multibillion dollar corporations with histories that include corruption, pollution and other sordid things. In a purely economic sense, one has to consider that dollars paid to them will be leaving the twin cities.
Right now, it looks like WMI is going to land the contract which rather sucks.
If you don’t know who your city council member is, you can find them on the city’s website: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/ – there is a “WardFinder” tool on the left hand side of the page. Some of the council members have a web form for comments.
Remember some of us in redistricting areas can lean on both our current and future council members.
Comments (1)
Recycling?!? Shoot, we don’t even have that option in the park I live in. I still recycle, but damn, my shed is *full* of bags of cans and cardboard ‘cuz it’s still winter and I haven’t loaded ‘em up and taken them in.
Ah well, good luck!
Melissa