Measuring the impact of Middle Tennessee’s trash problems
Nashville is locked in a contract dispute with Red River Waste Solutions, the private company the city hired for trash and recycling pickup. Things got so bad that the city stopped picking up recyclables altogether late last year.
Recycling collection has started up again, but Red River is still in bankruptcy and the city’s garbage is piling up. All this refuse raises questions. Where does our junk go? Are we running out of space to dump it?
Garbage collection on the one hand, and landfill space on the other, are just two elements of a larger issue: environmental justice. State senator Brenda…
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