Cuyahoga County is producing less trash. (Unfortunately, that due to global warming and everyone fleeing.)
Solid Waste District Director Pat Holland arrived at the county commissioners’ meeting last week with big news: Cuyahoga is producing less trash!
Holland put up a wonderful power point to back his claim. In 2006, our great county tossed away 1,949,599.04 tons of waste. Last year, that figure fell to 1,705,392.91 tons, a 12 percent reduction. Normally, this would be cause for rejoice. Then Holland revealed the reason behind the decline…
This article appears in Apr 9-15, 2008.