After two years of review and public debate, state regulators are poised to approve a controversial landfill that sits near the headwaters of two of the region's major rivers. ...more

December 18, 2008

People should always be wary when government, on any level, tackles a seemingly big problem. Often in such cases, Murphy – his famous law warns that if anything can go wrong it will – tends to be an optimist. Even worse, the resulting storm and stress can provide cover for either mischief or plain wrong-headedness. ...more

February 16, 2008

Can recycling turn trash into gold? No, county officials said at a public workshop today. But the county should boost its recycling efforts as one step in the right direction since the county often has too much trash to burn at the Pasco County Resource Recovery Facility and must export the excess garbage. ...more

January 16, 2008

Because trash is a terrible thing to waste, Pasco County commissioners will ask the public for ideas about recycling during a workshop today. ...more

January 16, 2008

Trash is a terrible thing to waste, so county commissioners will ask the public for ideas about recycling during a workshop planned for Wednesday. Commissioners didn't have to accept public comments at the Jan. 16 workshop, but decided this week to let residents and trash haulers speak. ...more

January 11, 2008

A trash hauler will earn about $2 million a year from Pasco County to truck excess garbage to another county instead of burying the waste in landfills here ...more

September 25, 2007