The North Coast Journal followed some of Humboldt County’s recyclables down to Solid Waste of Willits. The company’s single-stream recycling system sorts and bales the materials to sell to buyers. Scottie Lee Meyers’ story follows your cans, bottles and paper products from the end of your driveway to the edge of the world. Look for […]
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Need a New Head?
[image-1] Because, maybe, you lost yours when you stuck it in the sand? Or when it floated off in the clouds? Or, you know, when it disappeared after a long journey into some dark, murky place… If only, if only, you or someone much like you — an otherwise sweet and decent person — had […]
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Where Will Arcata’s Recyclables Go Next?
With the Arcata Community Recycling Center planning to close its doors in January, it’s unclear who will get Arcata’s coveted recyclables. At its next meeting, the Arcata City Council will discuss the Humboldt Waste Management Authority, and in particular the joint powers agreement that created the authority more than a decade ago. “I would like […]
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Recycling center sues waste authority
The Arcata Community Recycling Center has filed suit against the Humboldt Waste Management Authority, alleging that, as reported by the Courthouse News Service, the HWMA “tricked it into allowing the public trash district to do a ‘comprehensive study’ of its business, then disclosed trade secrets to competitors, driving down the value of the business, so […]
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So long, ACRC
Start making your clattery-boned, orange-vested, hard-hatted, gloved and virtuously reeking calaveras now — 35 of them — for those iconic worker-denizens of the Arcata Community Recycling Center. On Jan. 12, the ACRC will be no more. Shut. We steal this portentous news straight from the reliably fresh slate of Hank Sims’ Lost Coast Outpost. Sims […]
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One idea for today’s lunch
? You can read more about CR art prof Garth Johnson in next week’s Art Beat , but for now, drop everything and hustle to College of the Redwoods to hear this smart, funny and accomplished man breeze through the history of creative reuse. After the historical part – and, please note, our era is […]
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Food Freedom! Laundry Liberation!
Because what could be more liberating than financial independence? Oh, sure, life and liberty and the whole pursuit of happiness thing factor in, but have you priced them lately? Well, I can’t solve your big problems – refusing to save, spending more than you earn, insisting on indulging in those optional treats like education, health […]
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Artist of the Year
Linda Wise with sculpture titled "Caribou" Artist of the Year — in Eureka anyway — and that’s the judgment of the city’s Art and Culture Commission . Did you know Eureka had such a thing? Not sure what else they do, but they’ve chosen artist/trash picker Linda Wise for recognition. “My art points out that […]