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2006
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A
non-binding bind
by Steve Warga
Tri-City Voice, July 5, 2006
By this reporter's count, the term
"non-binding" sprang from the lips of Sunol dump supporters at least a
dozen times in the first few minutes of debate at last Wednesday's
meeting of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) board.
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Sunol compost site gets dumped
Residents celebrate as Waste Authority puts plan on hold
by Brian Foley
Fremont Argus, June 29, 2006
The Alameda County Waste Management
Authority board put the proposed compost facility for Sunol on hold
Wednesday, effectively killing the tumultuous project.
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Sunol
site will not be used for compost
Residents sway county supervisors to reject plan
by Brian Foley
Fremont Argus, June 17, 2006
Residents won a battle
Thursday after county supervisors voted 4-0 against a proposed compost
facility, stating it is not consistent with the county's general plan...
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Opponents Trash Composting Plan
by Matt Carter
Fremont Argus, February 21, 2005
The chief executive officer and several
doctors from Washington Hospital in Fremont are part of a group working
against a planned regional composting facility that would be built not
far from the CEO's Sunol home. Opponents, who also include high-ranking
members of the Sierra Club, are attacking the proposed facility on
environmental, economic and legal grounds...
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Crowds
Pile in Over Compost
by Times Staff
Contra Costa Times, February 13, 2005
Judging by the size of the board room, members of the public must hardly
ever attend the Alameda County Waste Management Authority's board
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Compost Facility Opponents Make a Stink
by Matt Carter
Fremont Argus, February 7, 2005
SAN LEANDRO — A proposal to build an
industrial-sized composting facility near the tiny town of Sunol is a
public policy train wreck that threatens to turn public opinion against
recycling, a Sierra Club activist warned...
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Doctors Sound
Health Concern About Compost Facility
by Ron McNicoll
Independent, February 3, 2005
Doctors who live in the Sunol Valley told the Alameda County Solid Waste
Management Board that the food scraps that would be put daily into a
proposed composting facility near Andrade Road likely would increase
health problems for children in the valley...
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Sunolians rally to uproot plans for compost facility
by Sofia Kazmi
Contra Costa Times, January 27, 2005
Agitated Sunol-area residents turned out in
droves Wednesday to protest plans for a composting facility in their
community. More than 70 people arrived by bus and carloads,
overwhelming the tiny board room of the Alameda County Waste Management
and Recycling Board....
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Neighbors try to fend off facility for "green waste"
by Sophia Kazmi
San Jose Mercury News, January 24, 2005
Sunol residents are organizing to try to stop
plans for a 40-acre composting facility that would process 600 tons of
"green waste" per day...
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Proposal for Composting Plan Stirs up
a Stink
by Sophia Kazmi
Contra Costa Times, January 24, 2005
Just
the thought of having a 600-ton-a-day composting facility anywhere near
her home has Mary Peters quite upset. "We're organizing our protest,"
said Peters, a member of Stop the Dump in Sunol. "We've been making some
headway on getting this stopped..." read the
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