Plan to dump trash in Nevada desert sparks furor
A Bay Area waste management company wants to turn 1-square-mile of Nevada desert into a landfill.
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Northern Nevada is full of antelope, birds, badgers, beautiful flowers, great-smelling sage and other plants, etc. Anyway, why should San Francisco be allowed to trade with Nevada, when they are boycotting Arizona? San Francisco, keep your trash, along with your wrong political boycotts, to yourself.
I don't see how this is a big deal. Nevada is a wasteland already. Why not have a big hole dug and use some of the unneeded space. No one lives on most of the land in the desert. I would much rather dig up some sand then destroying Marin County wildlife,yes. Wouldn't you as well... The cost of living is a little but different. I bought my house a few year back from Marin County real estate and I love it out here but I have lived in.... More
The citizens of Winnemucca are right. Thanks to Tom Fransway and Harry Reid for listening. First off, this land isn't as remote as Recology would have people believe. It is near water sources, homes, a part of where people recreate and animals graze. And, it's not full of trash that includes hazardous waste. For those of you thinking there may be an economic upside to what Recology is proposing, there isn't. The hosting offer was an insult. In addition, there is not an economic offer that.... More
