20080317 Recent columns on the future of Solid Waste Management in Carroll and Frederick Counties

Recent columns on the future of Solid Waste Management in Carroll and Frederick Counties

March 17, 2008

Folks have asked me where they may find my columns on the current discussions in Frederick and Carroll Counties about the future approach to solid waste management – trash…

Recently I’ve written five columns on the future of solid waste management in Frederick and Carroll Counties. Two have appeared in The Tentacle. Two have appeared in the Westminster Eagle and one has appeared in The Sunday Carroll Eagle.

In the Westminster Eagle:

Trouble with trash is nothing new, but the technology may be

One of the difficult decisions currently facing our community is the trouble with trash.

When the last major decision occurred in 1996 and 1997, I was chair of the county's Environmental Affairs Advisory Board.

At that time, I was impressed with the combination of an aggressive recycling program... [Read full story]

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Don't let 'wrap rage' leave you in stitches

It's been two months since Christmas and, with any luck and the power of prayer, perhaps you have been able to break free most of your family's gifts from the dreaded, adult proof, clamshell plastic "blister" packaging.

This oppression of over-packaging is not only a leading cause of holiday depre... [Read full story]

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In The Tentacle:

March 6, 2008

Making Trash Go Away – Part 2

Kevin E. Dayhoff

The February 26^th joint meeting between Frederick and Carroll County over how to make trash go away came after two years of discussions and deliberations resulting from the Frederick County commissioners’ adoption of Resolution 06-05, on February 16, 2006.

March 5, 2008

Making Trash Go Away – Part One

Kevin E. Dayhoff

On February 26, the Frederick and Carroll County commissioners met to discuss how to make a combined 1,100 tons of trash-a-day go away.

In The Sunday Carroll Eagle:

20080309 The Sunday Carroll Eagle: “History will know us by our trash”

Sunday Carroll Eagle

History will know us by our trash

Sunday Carroll Eagle March 9, 2008 by Kevin Dayhoff

I cannot find my March 9^th, 2008 Sunday Carroll Eagle column on the Westminster Eagle web site.

Pasted below, please find the column as it was written. It is my understanding that the column was altered for publication…

Ever since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, many of us has felt that the best management approach to solid waste was source reduction and recycling. It would take 18 long years to get the Maryland Recycling Act passed in 1988. That legislation required a recycling rate of 20 percent.

Twenty years later, getting the recycling rate increased is still illusive. In 1998, on the 10-year anniversary of the law, the Baltimore Sun ran a lengthy analysis in which the Maryland General Assembly member who spearheaded the recycling initiative, Montgomery County Sen. Brian Frosh, admitted “that recycling has been costlier than expected. His 1988 bill predicted significant cost savings…”

Read the rest of the column here: 20080309 The Sunday Carroll Eagle: “History will know us by our trash”

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20080317 Recent columns on the future of Solid Waste Management in Carroll and Frederick Counties