take time to sort your recyclable items every week but we've learned they don't always make it to the city of albuquerque's recycling facility right away.. a former city solid waste manager is among a group of former city employees that asked us to check into this massive pile of material sitting near the city's dump. investigative reporter jeremy jojola started asking questions... and found it may be violating state environmental laws: thanks to your thanks to your nobel efforts the city takes in more thanks to your nobel efforts the city takes in more than 20-thousand tons of recyclable materials every year. it all goes minute thumbnail 10:15 pm here to the city's sorting facility on the west mesa that was built in the early 1990's. at least it's supposed to go there.. some material has not been sorted for months----and it's turned into....this. a massive pile just south of the facility surrounded by trailers, old tires and barrles. tarps on top have shredded away---the pile of cardboard, paper and plastic has been exposed to rain and the elements for who knows how long. "i think it's time to come clear withhe public." frank ortega who worked in solid waste for 25 years and retired as a maintenance manager in 2007 says much of the material might as well be thrown into the dump because mold and mildew has likely ruined its recycling potential. "jojola: so all of this stuff was meant to be recycled, and now it's contaminated ... "ortega: it's contaminated" ortega says he was routinely trained in recling during his time at the landfill and believes without a doubt the city is trying to hide the pile from public view because it proves there's a problem. "they can't keep up with what's going on. the facility can only do so much." ortega blames the city for not upgrading the sorting facility since it was built as a pilot program. inside, the same baling machine minute thumbnail 10:16 pm that was first handling all recycling material in the early 90's is still handling all the material coming in today, even more so a
the department of Conservation and Recreation held a public forum in Amherst to discuss managing the state's forests and parklands. One local man told 22news the state needs to utilize its renewable recources before it's too late.. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
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Extermination business investigated over Layton home poisoning
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Three days after 4-year-old Rebecca Toone, of Layton, died from apparent exposure to a pesticide, her 15-month-old sister, Rachel, passed away. Both girls died after having similar symptoms just days after their home was treated to get rid of rodents. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KSL - 5 Salt Lake City, ]
It is a danger you may not even think of... lead in your drinking water. It can seep in... as older pipes that contained lead begin to corrode. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
A start-up company plans to employ hundreds to make solar panels at a new plant in Albuquerque, Gov. Bill Richardson announced Tuesday. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
Many homeowners have discovered an offensive odor plaguing their front loading washing machine. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KMGH ABC Denver]
It's a bizarre crime story about a Buffalo man charged with the repeated rape of a 13-year-old girl held prisoner, but is that all there is to the story? [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNLO CW 23 Buffalo]
National Guard haz-mat team investigates Layton girl\'s death [www.clipsyndicate.com | KSTU FOX13 Salt Lake City]
Diane Pathieu reports. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI]
Authorities say a pesticide is most likely responsible for the death of a 4-year-old Layton girl. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KSL - 5 Salt Lake City, ]
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Gladstone Wal-Mart Evacuated After 10 Sick From Carbon Monoxide
A Gladstone Wal-mart store was evacuated Saturday morning after 10 people had to be taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KCTV FOX 5 Kansas City]
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Burnet County and FEMA are working on a new county flood plain map. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
State officials are trying to finish moving Centralia, Pennsylvania that all but ceased to exist in the 1980s after fire spread underneath homes and businesses, threatening residents with gases and sinkholes. (Feb. 5) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Eli Stokols reports. Feb. 4, 2010. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KDVR FOX 31 Denver, CO]
Attorneys and environmentalists accuse semiconductor companies of failing to use safer alternative chemicals. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KPHO Phoenix, Arizona]
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