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PUBLISHED 2/29/08 --- Recycling what we can, rather that just thoughtlessly throwing away our waste, makes sense. “Waste not, want not.” Stewardship of our resources should be a top priority. As should our efforts to reduce trash dumped into county landfills. Developing a refuse transfer station in metropolitan Bakersfield  should be a priority. It will allow trash to be separated for recycling. It will reduce the number of trips pollution-spewing garbage trucks  make to the county’s Bena Sanitary Landfill, east of Bakersfield. For these reasons, a proposal by a group of private refuse haulers to establish a centrally located garbage and recycling station in metro Bakersfield makes sense. But Bakersfield and Kern County officials must proceed cautiously on the Metro Recycling Corp. proposal for a transfer station on Mount Vernon Avenue. The proposed price tag for this facility is huge. Taxpayers and ratepayers — that includes property...
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