Comments on: Alabama’s Gov. Issued Moratorium On Landfill Permits http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:00:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: eab http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits/comment-page-1#comment-75684 eab Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:48:14 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=45674#comment-75684 Art.... Your comments are excellent. The problem is, I think that most people really don't think about where the garbage goes as long as someone else gets it. Anything that makes us think about this issue is probably of excellent long term value to us as a society. I'm not sure of the economics of recycling. Before I moved to this area 15 years ago, I lived in a community in Georgia that had been recycling for about six years. The contention by the local government then was that, other than aluminum, it cost more to process the substances than the city made from them.The long term advantage touted was that the land fills would last a lot longer and thus save money on acquisition and/ or closings. I don't know anything about the prices now but I wonder how much profit is in it. I like the idea of a co op style approach and maybe someone *could* make money off it. Nice idea. Never heard that angle before. One thing I would guess is that if the prices are not there now, they will be one day. Maybe if those of us who live in this area have to start shipping our refuse to, say....Alaska, (no dig at Sarah,I was born in Fairbanks) it will get expensive. Then....who knows? Thanks. Art….

Your comments are excellent. The problem is, I think that most people really don’t think about where the garbage goes as long as someone else gets it. Anything that makes us think about this issue is probably of excellent long term value to us as a society.

I’m not sure of the economics of recycling. Before I moved to this area 15 years ago, I lived in a community in Georgia that had been recycling for about six years. The contention by the local government then was that, other than aluminum, it cost more to process the substances than the city made from them.The long term advantage touted was that the land fills would last a lot longer and thus save money on acquisition and/ or closings.

I don’t know anything about the prices now but I wonder how much profit is in it. I like the idea of a co op style approach and maybe someone *could* make money off it. Nice idea. Never heard that angle before.

One thing I would guess is that if the prices are not there now, they will be one day. Maybe if those of us who live in this area have to start shipping our refuse to, say….Alaska, (no dig at Sarah,I was born in Fairbanks) it will get expensive. Then….who knows?

Thanks.

]]> By: art http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits/comment-page-1#comment-75637 art Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:13:10 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=45674#comment-75637 eab, find a place with not so much population density and outside a safe range of clear watersheds and aquifers,,,but i see your point....as a matter of fact our country is running out of viable landfill areas esp with folks waking up and smelling the coffee perking (or the methane, whatever)...i say lets protect our waters and our lands and go for a recycling center. it could even be a Co-op opportunity....only make it where regular folk get paid too for bringing in their paper waste, cardboard, bottles and aluminum . why should we just give these away to ECUA? they are valuable resources. if we had a center like that in southern alabama or the florida panhandle, people with a little bit of entrepreneurship about them could make a serious chunk of pocket jingle. eab, find a place with not so much population density and outside a safe range of clear watersheds and aquifers,,,but i see your point….as a matter of fact our country is running out of viable landfill areas esp with folks waking up and smelling the coffee perking (or the methane, whatever)…i say lets protect our waters and our lands and go for a recycling center. it could even be a Co-op opportunity….only make it where regular folk get paid too for bringing in their paper waste, cardboard, bottles and aluminum . why should we just give these away to ECUA? they are valuable resources. if we had a center like that in southern alabama or the florida panhandle, people with a little bit of entrepreneurship about them could make a serious chunk of pocket jingle.

]]> By: eab http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits/comment-page-1#comment-75485 eab Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:58:45 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=45674#comment-75485 I agree wholeheartedly with the folks who don't want the dump in Conecuh County. What do y'all want to do with the garbage instead? I agree wholeheartedly with the folks who don’t want the dump in Conecuh County.

What do y’all want to do with the garbage instead?

]]> By: confused http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits/comment-page-1#comment-75474 confused Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:43:36 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=45674#comment-75474 @ SEAN....your confused buddy!!!! Do your research....the Citiziens For A Clean Southwest Alabama has nothing to do with your illegal dumps. That would be your lazy commissioners...the same ones that might bring that environmental nightmare to your county. The reason Conecuh County has so many illegal dumps is because your county is the only county in south alabama that IS NOT a MANDATORY garbage pick-up county. All of the counties that surround you are MANDATORY garbage pick-up counties, thanks to their county codes and ordinances passed by their commissioners. Residence of your county are not required by law to have garbage pick up. So what happens? They dump it where ever they can!!!! Take it to your commissioners and get the ordinance added to the books. As for the landfill creating jobs and bringing money to the county....hahaha...that's funny. Since the economy is in the DUMPS for every county at the current time, don't you think the other 65 counties in the State would be begging for the landfill. Naturally they would be, but they see through the BS and $$$$ signs, plus they care about their future and environment. Nobody within the State of Alabama or Florida wants the landfill except for a hand full of citizens in Conecuh County that can't make an educated decision on their own. I'm not saying you yourself are uneducated, but there are so many within Conecuh County that let others make decisions for them. Most of the people calling the shots about the landfill are people that stand the possibility of making money from the construction off the landfill. Haulers , realtors, construction companys, etc. I promise it will not be the other 90% of citiziens benefiting from the landfill. Only a hand full will make the $$$$, the rest will be left "holding the bag". That's why no other county in Alabama wants the nightmare. The citiziens make their own decisions, not a hand full of wealthy business owners or their corrupt commissioners. @ SEAN….your confused buddy!!!! Do your research….the Citiziens For A Clean Southwest Alabama has nothing to do with your illegal dumps. That would be your lazy commissioners…the same ones that might bring that environmental nightmare to your county. The reason Conecuh County has so many illegal dumps is because your county is the only county in south alabama that IS NOT a MANDATORY garbage pick-up county. All of the counties that surround you are MANDATORY garbage pick-up counties, thanks to their county codes and ordinances passed by their commissioners. Residence of your county are not required by law to have garbage pick up. So what happens? They dump it where ever they can!!!! Take it to your commissioners and get the ordinance added to the books. As for the landfill creating jobs and bringing money to the county….hahaha…that’s funny. Since the economy is in the DUMPS for every county at the current time, don’t you think the other 65 counties in the State would be begging for the landfill. Naturally they would be, but they see through the BS and $$$$ signs, plus they care about their future and environment. Nobody within the State of Alabama or Florida wants the landfill except for a hand full of citizens in Conecuh County that can’t make an educated decision on their own. I’m not saying you yourself are uneducated, but there are so many within Conecuh County that let others make decisions for them. Most of the people calling the shots about the landfill are people that stand the possibility of making money from the construction off the landfill. Haulers , realtors, construction companys, etc. I promise it will not be the other 90% of citiziens benefiting from the landfill. Only a hand full will make the $$$$, the rest will be left “holding the bag”. That’s why no other county in Alabama wants the nightmare. The citiziens make their own decisions, not a hand full of wealthy business owners or their corrupt commissioners.

]]> By: SEAN http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits/comment-page-1#comment-75366 SEAN Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=45674#comment-75366 YOU ARE RIGHT NO MORE DUMPS FOR ALABAMA ESPECIALLY CONECUH COUNTY. THAT IS WHY THIS LANDFILL IS WHAT WE NEED. THERE ARE OVER 50 ILLEGAL DUMPS IN CONECUH COUNTY AND THE CITIZENS FOR A CLEAN SOUTH WEST ALABAMA HAVE DONE NOTHING TO TRY TO GET RID OF THEM. CONECUH COUNTY NEEDS JOBS WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED IN MANY WAYS WITH THIS LANDFILL PROJECT. CONECUH COUNTY NEEDS MONEY AND SO DO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY. YOU ARE RIGHT NO MORE DUMPS FOR ALABAMA ESPECIALLY CONECUH COUNTY. THAT IS WHY THIS LANDFILL IS WHAT WE NEED. THERE ARE OVER 50 ILLEGAL DUMPS IN CONECUH COUNTY AND THE CITIZENS FOR A CLEAN SOUTH WEST ALABAMA HAVE DONE NOTHING TO TRY TO GET RID OF THEM. CONECUH COUNTY NEEDS JOBS WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED IN MANY WAYS WITH THIS LANDFILL PROJECT. CONECUH COUNTY NEEDS MONEY AND SO DO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.

]]> By: art http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits/comment-page-1#comment-75348 art Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:20:10 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=45674#comment-75348 protect your homes from pollution as much as possible...this dump is just too close to people and the beautiful water found in this area. protect your homes from pollution as much as possible…this dump is just too close to people and the beautiful water found in this area.

]]> By: tracy http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/alabamas-gov-issued-moratorium-on-landfill-permits/comment-page-1#comment-75286 tracy Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:54:39 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=45674#comment-75286 NO DUMP!! WE DON'T NEED IT! WE DON'T WANT IT! NO DUMP!! WE DON’T NEED IT! WE DON’T WANT IT!

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