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Article: VIRGINIA BEACH'S NEWSPAPER CAPER A LOT OF GARBAGE.(FRONT)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 29, 1996
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[Amid controversy last spring, Virginia Beach terminated its agreement with the Southeastern Public Service Authority - SPSA - for regional curbside recycling. City officials insisted they would find a cheaper, better way.
We criticized the city at the time for being unneighborly. We urged the city to work within SPSA to improve services. City officials were smug and indignant. They wanted to go it alone.
Earlier this week, the city was caught red-handed dumping newspapers in the city landfill. Those were newspapers that well-meaning citizens had collected, loaded into their cars and carried to the much ballyhooed city drop-off centers under the illusion ...