Waste Flow Concerns Juneau, Alaska Planners

Date: July 21, 2005

Source: News Room

Since Waste Management, the operator of the Juneau, Alaska Landfill, shut down the site's two aging incinerators last summer, city officials (www.juneau.lib.ak.us/pubworks) fear that waste is piling up too quickly. Company officials say the landfill has 30 to 35 years of capacity, but city officials fear the site could reach its limit in 10 years. Only about 5 percent of the city's residents recycle, and Juneau does not have a curbside pickup program.
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