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Waste Not and Birdcall are teaming up to fight hunger

4/16/2024
April 24 is Stop Food Waste Day and local nonprofit, Waste Not, is teaming up with Valley restaurant, Birdcall, to help raise awareness. Arizona is known as the worst offender for food waste in …

Scottsdale city staff request rate hikes for water, …

3/11/2024
Water and sewer rates as well as solid waste disposal rates are expected to climb next year. The Scottsdale City Council heard requests from city staff to raise the rates during its March 5 …

Gilbert council votes to increase utility rates

2/7/2024
Gilbert’s water and solid waste/recycling utility rates will go up substantially in April after town council unanimously voted for the hikes Feb. 6.   The vote was the culmination of …

Sponsors of Chandler's 'For Our City Day' acknowledged

1/30/2024
Sponsors of  "For Our City Day" help with cleaning up and beautifying the city of Chandler in a concerted, single-day approach. The 2023 day was held in late October. Sponsors of the event …

Glendale extends recycling contract after debate

1/15/2024
Glendale City Council members pulled an item from the Jan. 9 consent agenda that would have renewed the city’s recycling contract with Waste Management. After discussions about why the …

Republican senator wants to abolish Arizona Commerce …

1/9/2024
PHOENIX — Calling it a “problem-riddled agency,” a Republican senator wants to abolish the Arizona Commerce Authority.

Scottsdale tackles residential food waste issue

12/7/2023
Residential food waste is responsible for 40 percent of landfill material nationwide. In advance of the holiday season, when entertaining and preparing holiday food contribute to larger than normal …

Mesa renting 4 garbage trucks for $480K

12/2/2023
The city of Mesa is renting four garbage trucks for 13 months at a cost of $480,000 as solid-waste officials wait for 23 trucks on order to be delivered. The Mesa City Council on Nov. 20 …

Gilbert Town Council sets course for steep but …

11/30/2023
Gilbert residents can expect to pay an average of $17 more on the water portion of their town utility bills starting next April if town council approves a proposed rate increase in February.   …

Gilbert Town Council mulls first step toward utility …

11/28/2023
Gilbert Town Council will vote to set in motion utility-rate increases at its Nov. 28 meeting. The question is by how much?   Council’s agenda at its 6:30 p.m. meeting includes voting …

Apache Junction household hazardous waste event …

11/13/2023
The city of Apache Junction will hold a collection event for household hazardous waste, white goods, electronic recycling and document shredding on Saturday, Nov. 18. It will be held 8 a.m.-noon at …

1,000 Thanksgiving meals will be donated to Valley …

11/9/2023
This Thanksgiving season, Waste Not is teaming with On The Road Meals, a local meal delivery service, to donate 1,000 ready-to-eat and nutritious meals to Arizonans in need.