Contract negotiation

Facts come out amid contract negotiations – most private trash haulers are failing to meet their contractual requirement to recycle at least 50% of what they pick-up. These private haulers are contracted with the city of San Diego and handle 72% of the city’s trash and recycling. The poor record put the city in hot water with the State. The city fined the trash haulers for breach of contract.

I was glad when curbside recycling began years ago and thrilled when it was extended to food waste. I originally naively believed everything would be recycled and used as planned. I do not know the figures on EDCO for San Marcos, so my comments relate only to the city of San Diego.

What do we really know about what happens after the recyclables are collected from our curb? According to an article in the April 1, 2022 Union Tribune, far less is recycled than I knew (we knew?).
Please read this important article as it affects us all through climate changes due to methane created from waste, expansion of landfills, and breach of our understanding of what happens to our trash. I will research the figures for San Marcos’ EDCO services and at a later date report my findings.

READ “Dispute comes as hauler face massive changes under new law requiring recycling yard wast, uneaten food” by David Garrick