Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, August 25, 1994 TAG: 9408250086
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: BRIAN KELLEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
The vote, taken Monday night, means the county can stay on track to build and open the recycling center by September 1995. The huge building will stand across from the Mid-County Park and landfill. The money for the building will come from the county's landfill enterprise fund, which is supported by revenues from Mid-County Landfill tipping fees.
Montgomery hopes to become the New River Valley's recycling leader because of the new effort, which will use state-of-the-art equipment to sort and ready cans, bottles, newspaper and other recyclable materials for market.
The county is seeking commitments from Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Virginia Tech to handle their recyclable, possibly in the form of a new regional trash authority that's now in the talking stages.
Such an authority likely would include the New River Resource Authority in the operation of the recycling center, according to Montgomery Board of Supervisors member Joe Gorman. The New River Resource Authority currently operates a landfill in Radford. Its members are Pulaski County, Radford and the towns of Pulaski and Dublin.
Montgomery sees going in on a new landfill in Pulaski County, now being planned by the New River authority, as the long-term solution to its garbage disposal needs.
Whether Montgomery, the two towns and Tech would join the New River Resource Authority for the new landfill, or join some separate, new government entity, remains the subject of negotiations that probably won't be resolved until next year, Gorman said.
by CNB