Mis-Placed Media Attention: The City of Mesa Fed Us Dog-Food Data





GIGO > When it comes to Garbage-In and Garbage-Out, the City of Mesa takes the All-Time Top Place for Throwing It
CIP: Case in Point
Blame it on a "Chinese Crack-Down" ??
Cash Cows and Money Hogs
China turns Mesa’s cash cow into money hog             
One More Spoon-Fed Story by Jim Walsh by Jim Walsh Tribune Staff Writer Jul 9, 2019   

"According to the city, Mesa yielded $1 million in revenue from recycling just six years ago. . . After realizing about $577,000 in revenue in the fiscal year that ended last June 30, the city began forecasting a severe downturn that is now estimated to put Mesa $400,000 in the red for recycling in the fiscal year that ends this month. . .

Scott Bouchie, Director of the Mesa Environmental Management and Sustainability Department,.. said the losses in recycling stem from new contracts, which include a processing fee, along with a cut of revenue received from certain commodities.

The processing fee is now out-stripping the amount Mesa gets back in return for commodities, with some commodities worth more than others based upon market conditions.
 

“If you want to be more sustainable, drink canned beer,’’ Bouchie said

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LOOKS LIKE THE SAME STORY GOT "RE-CYCLED" FOR GILBERT JUST 2 WEEKS LATER! 

China’s recycling limits cost Gilbert a cash cow

By JIM WALSH AND CECILLA CHANGSN Staff Writers

"In a reversal of what has been a small revenue stream for the town, it’s now costing Gilbert money to get rid of its waste since China enacted an import ban on most plastic recyclables and other materials"

Gilbert Sun News June 24, 2019

. . . At this time, Gilbert is not looking to go the way of neighboring Mesa, which is taking away the blue recycling barrels from chronic offenders . . . Mesa’s drastic move comes as it faces an estimated $1 million next fiscal year to recycle its trash.