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<br />7A <br />Page 24 <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT 1 <br /> <br />Attachment 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Yard waste wasted <br /> <br />commentsC <br />Aug 4, 2006 6~OO AM {327 days ago} by Mike Rosenberg, The Examiner <br />E:; SEE HOW THIS STORY DEVELOPED . <br />EMAIL STORY <br />PRINT STORY <br />..327 days ago: Yard waste wasted (( <br />~e.lated,!op'IC$~, S~n,M~t~o,coun.ty ,,,. ..'.: <br /> <br />'~E~ii-~::=r:1:FE=JJ~";;'~~~:~,i;;;t'lt~~,;~ <br /> <br />an Mateo County (Map, News) .. <br />he money and work of environmentally minded Peninsula residents have <br />een partially wasted after Allied Waste garbage trucks wer~ found to have <br />umped tons of recyclable material into a landfill, authorities said recently. <br /> <br />lIIed Waste, which provides garbage services from Burfingame to the <br />outhern San Mateo County border, has dumped up to 64,722 tons of plant <br />alerials Into the Ox Mountal" landfill near Half Moon Bay during the last <br />our years, according to the South Bayside Waste Management Authority. <br />Allied is contractually obligated to send the yard trimmings to its Newby Island compost site in <br />Milpitas so the material can be recycled and used in local gardens and agriculture. <br /> <br />Now the South Bayslde Waste Management Authorityt which oversees Allied in San Mateo <br />County, has demanded the garbage company pay back its residents between $560,000 and $1.8 <br />million for the compostlng services. Allied Waste charges residents a fee for composting plants <br />from yard trimmings. The exact flne would depend on the precise n umber of tons Allied did not <br />divert to compostlng. <br /> <br />SBWMA board m~mber Diane Dryer said neglecting to compost yard trimmings increases focal <br />'greenhouse gas emissions. <br /> <br />"It would probably be a good idea to think about banning plant materials altogether from landfins <br />due to the global warming problems," Dryer said. . <br /> <br />If Allied refuses to pay, the SBWMA said it would seek legal action based on the contract <br />violation. <br /> <br />UThis material was set out for recycling and it was put in a landfill. It's a breach of public trust," <br />said Hilary Gans, SBWMA's facility operations contract manager. <br /> <br />To conduct the investigation, the SBWMA in April hired Walnut Creek-based consulting agency <br />HF&H, which presented a nine-page report on the accusations to the group's board of directors <br />recently . <br /> <br />Evan Boydt Allied Waste's general manager for the county, admitted some of the plant material <br />did end up In the landfill but argued the SBWMA's numbers may be inflated a little bit. <br /> <br />20 <br />