Comments on: Alabama Recycling Facility Shuts Down, ECUA Searching For Solution

By: mr B

mr B — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 21:07:45 +0000

There is a couple options I used to work for a waste hauling business there are different classes of waste and debris. People don’t understand that u should not just mix all of your trash together and there are proper ways of deposing certain items because only 15 percent of what we recycle is actually good enough quality to be reused and refined into whatever . We as consumers could do more and properly use recycle bends correctly , because if there to much organic matter in a load of suppose recycled its not worth there time paying labor to sort so they just dump it . If a few county’s could come together and try to build a waste to energy plant, a jointed with a recycling refinery it would create a bunch of jobs, it would lower trash and electric or gas (depends on what type plant) we would be helping many peoples health with air quality . Countries like Sweden have it down where now Finland and Norway are paying Sweden to take there trash and they are turn around into renewable energy which cuts down on everyone electric bill or gas. But the plants cost like a couple hundred million to start up.

By: Bob C.

Bob C. — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 12:19:00 +0000

@ Sedition, ECUA (Emerald Coast Utilities Authority) which services both Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties is Unfortunately NOT a part of Escambia County Commissioners authority so the BOCC has no way to direct things for them.

I agree totally with you, Sedition, that there MUST be a recycle facility ( perhaps jointly ) in an area of Escambia / Santa Rosa County where we DO have more jobs offered and where the profit margin would be greater due to less distance to move the materials. WE need JOBS…..

By: M in Bratt

M in Bratt — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 12:00:38 +0000

“The proposed plans will require cooperative efforts on all fronts” . It doesn’t take much reading between the lines to see that Infinitus wants a lot more money out of the deal.

By: M in Bratt

M in Bratt — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:55:52 +0000

@Sedition; The county DID build one at the landfill, and it COST too much to run so they shut it down.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:54:17 +0000

So you are saying it would be better to build a business in Escambia county that is knowingly unprofitable. Then expect governmental agencies to bail it out. Brilliant idea!

By: DAG

DAG — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:51:31 +0000

Sedition- There was a recycling operation here at the landfill, operated using inmate labor. They shut it down to ship it off to other places such as this.

By: Sedition

Sedition — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 05:28:07 +0000

Why not build one here and put people to work instead of shipping it off to put others to work.
Typical Escambia county thinking…screw the citizens, bring on the tourists.