Article: Blackfeet Tribe to open regional recycling center

David Lee
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
07-13-1994
Blackfeet Tribe to open regional recycling center.

By David Lee

Special to Today

CUT BANK, Mont. -- Tapping a new resource may soon improve the Blackfeet Reservation's economy and help the tribal members build their reputation as the original environmentalists.

According to Tribal Controller Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet Tribe recently entered into a five-year agreement with Americlean Environmental Services of Los Angeles to design and operate a recycling plant and non-hazardous landfill on the reservation. The idea for the project grew out of the tribe's need to modernize its existing dump, she said. "We want to expand the landfill's ...

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