A THROW-AWAY
SOCIETY!
We live in a throw-away
society, and nowhere is this more
evident than at the Bay View
Landfill. Springville, along with
most Utah County cities from
Provo southward, is part of the
South Utah Valley Solid Waste
District. The Transfer Station for
all this garbage is located in
Springville, itself, on the west side
of I-15 and just off 400 South.
All
garbage is brought to the Station
where it is compacted and sent to
the Bay View Landfill
in Elberta
on the west side of Utah Lake.
Will it shock you to learn that
Springville sent nearly five million
pounds of garbage to the Landfill
in June, alone? In the year 2000,
there were over 52,000,000
pounds of garbage sent to the
Landfill from Springville.
Springville's portion of the
garbage sent to the Landfill is
around 20%, so that is over 264
million pounds of trash which is
sent to the Landfill yearly.
Springville pays $27 per ton to
dispose of its garbage, which is in
addition to the cost of City trucks
and drivers to pick up and haul the
garbage to the Transfer Station.
Fortunately, the Landfill is
large and will take quite a while to
fill up, BUT, we need to know that
the garbage in the Landfill doesn't
really decompose, so it won't just
go away.
Is there anything you can do
to reduce the amount of garbage
you put out in your trash can?
First of all, try not to send yard
waste or other wood products to
the Landfill. We have a City
composting site west of the
Whitehead Power Plant where
these materials can be recycled.
Newspapers can be recycled at
bins located throughout the City.
Many organizations collect
aluminum cans for recycling. You
can take care in disposing of
those plastic grocery-type bags.
The wind sails these bags all over
at the Landfill, so the best thing to
do is reuse the bags yourself as
garbage can liners or save them
for an organization or business
than can reuse them.
Most of all, we should all be
conscious of what we throw away
and stop to think if it can be
reused in any way. Let your
Council members know if you are
interested in a recycling program,
even if it might cost you a few
dollars a month.
WELCOME TO
FRED AEGERTER
Fred Aegerter has been
appointed as the new Community
Development Director for
Springville City. Fred comes to
Springville from Ogden City
where he served as city planner
for the past 8 years. Fred will be
responsible for directing the
planning and building operations
of the City.
Fred was raised in the Ogden
area, graduated from Weber State
college and received a Master's
degree in Urban Planning from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. Fred is married to
Deborah Herd, and they have five
children, ranging from age two to
age 20. Deborah received her
R.N. from Weber State University
and works part-time in day
surgery and in an endoscopy lab at
Davis Hospital. Their 19 year-old
son, John, is currently serving an
LDS mission to Taiwan,
Taichung.
THANK YOU TO
ALL BUSINESSES
The Springville Chamber of
Commerce and the Mayor and
City Council want to thank all of
those businesses and their
employees who participated in this
year's Main Street Trick or Treat
on Halloween afternoon. The best
estimate is that nearly 3,000
children attended. The parents
were grateful that their children
