January 23, 2012

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Talking trash in Carbondale"

A very good report from Chris Council.  Who we assume is a new reporter up on the Aspen Daily News. 

We've noticed Chris's photos in the Daily as well.

"The politics and corporate positioning lurking behind a proposed transfer station in Carbondale run as deep as the layers of trash in a landfill.

There is far more going on behind the scenes than just a couple of hand-painted signs alongside County Road 100 across from the old Mid-Continent Resources coal building near the rodeo grounds.

Located on the property of the Roaring Fork Preserve, the signs reflect the position of a coalition of Carbondale residents and property owners calling themselves “Don’t Trash Carbondale.” The group formed early last year to fight a proposal to turn the old Mid-Continent facility into a recycling center and solid-waste transfer station. Locally-owned disposal company Mountain Roll-offs Inc. (MRI) and the owner of the Mid-Continent building and property, IRMW, LLC are behind the proposal...."
(Chris Council )

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