"We spend millions of dollars a year on solid waste management," said Phil Nolan, director of environmental waste for the Town of Huntington.
"It's hard to bring it out of the 'It's cute to have a worm box in my backyard' approach and put it on par with other strategies for waste management," said Allison Jack, who earned her doctorate by studying vermicompost at Cornell and is now teaching at Prescott College in Arizona.
Terry Douris, cabinet member for waste management, said: "Our priority is to help residents to reduce, reuse and recycle more and more of their waste.
Councillor Terry Douris, who is responsible for waste management, said the plant would have processed 380,000 tonnes of waste a year, saving taxpayers £667m over the 25-year contract.
Derrick Ashley, executive member for waste management, said that it would "potentially save Hertfordshire's taxpayers at least £779m on the cost of waste disposal over the 25-year contract period.
All we're saying to the government is we want clean water, functioning sewage systems, rubbish collection, and waste management," said Gooda, adding that what the rest of the country takes for granted, "we're fighting for now".
All we're saying to the government is we want clean water, functioning sewerage systems, rubbish collection, and waste management," said Gooda, adding that what the rest of the country takes for granted, "we're fighting for now".
The president of the commission, Oscar Monroy, who is one of Mexico's leading authorities on waste-water management, says this should be part of a city-wide scheme to collect rainwater rather than have it pumped from ever-more distant sources.
"It's all about waste management," she says brightly.
Mr. Thompson calls himself an advocate for "recycling, green construction and responsible waste management," and says that in his former job as comptroller he urged businesses in the city's investment portfolio to detail their effects on the environment in "sustainability reports".
