The Humboldt Waste Management Authority is moving forward with retrofitting the former Eureka Recycling Center into an organic waste processing facility to meet compliance requirements for Senate Bill 1383, an organic waste recycling mandate, however, the authority doesn’t have an expected opening date, which may impact Humboldt County municipalities with ordinances stating that organic waste […]
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HWMA Temporarily Closing and Relocating Eureka Recycling Center
Humboldt County residents won’t be able to recycle their freon appliances, like refrigerators and air conditioning systems, or electronic waste at the Eureka Recycling Center for a little while as Humboldt Waste Management Authority is temporarily closing the center beginning Aug. 1 HWMA is relocating the Eureka Recycling Center to a different site and using […]
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Long Lines as Hambro Recycling Opens in Arcata
After a lengthy permitting process, Hambro Recycling finally opened in Arcata on April 1. Humboldt County now has a CRV buy-back center two years after the Eureka Recycling Center’s CRV services were discontinued for safety amid an overload of residents wanting their CRV deposits back. “The process (of opening Hambro Recycling in Arcata) was long […]
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Temporary Changes to Arcata’s Green Waste Drop-off Service
Green waste drop-offs for Arcata residents with Recology service are temporarily on hold as the Wes Green Landscaping facility undergoes ownership changes but there are interim options in place, according to the city. For now, Recology customers in Arcata can go to the Wes Green site at 6360 with their load and check-in across the […]
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Eureka Council to Consider HACHR Needle Exchange Plan
The Eureka City Council on Tuesday will consider an operations plan submitted by the Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction to run mobile syringe exchange programs at multiple locations, two of which city staff has determined to be unsuitable. The proposed locations, which the plan states are based on the county’s exchange sites, include a […]
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Crowds Shutdown CRV Buybacks
The Humboldt Waste Management Authority is closing down CRV buyback services at its Eureka Recycling Center, which just began Tuesday, until further notice due to an overwhelming demand. Within a day of reopening, traffic began backing up on Broadway Street, prompting the city to set up temporary detours and wait times were one to two […]
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CRV Buybacks Causing Backups on Broadway
UPDATE: The service has been closed until further notice due to an overwhelming demand. Read more here. PREVIOUS: One day after the Eureka Recycling Center reopened its CRV buyback service, the response has been overwhelming and impacting Broadway Street. According to the Humboldt Waste Management Authority, the city is temporarily detouring customers onto Del Norte […]
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Eureka Recycling Center’s CRV Buyback Service is Back
Humboldt Waste Management Authority announced the Eureka Recycling Center’s CRV Buyback service is reopening today with limited days of service and special hours exclusively for senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals. According to a press release, the Eureka Recycling Center is now open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., with a special early hour from 8 […]
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HWMA Eureka Recycling Center Reopens with Limited Hours; CRV Still Closed
Humboldt Waste Management Authority’s Eureka Recycling Center will reopen with limited public services on Tuesday, Aug. 11. “We are pleased to announce the reopening of the Eureka Recycling Center to resume acceptance of recyclable materials and items,” stated Executive Director Jill Duffy. “HWMA has undertaken necessary site improvements to assist in traffic control and customer […]
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Arcata Recycling Center to Close
The Arcata Resource Recovery Center — better known as the spot on 10th Street where you can drop off your recyclables and get your deposit back on glass bottles and cans — is closing. As the Mad River Union first reported, Rick Powell, the general manager of Eel River Resource Recovery — which owns and […]
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ACRC v HWMA: Settled
A four-year battle over Arcata’s recycling is over. In 2011, the Arcata Community Recycling Center, a scrappy, built-from-scratch icon of the city’s ‘70s progressivism, closed its doors, not long after building an $8 million processing plant in Samoa. ACRC, in addition to its westside Arcata community dropoff center, had processed most of the Humboldt Waste […]