Critics Blast Landfill Purchase

Critics say purchase of landfill by a coalition of Los Angeles County sanitation districts will make Riverside County the dumping ground for L.A. residents' trash.

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August 11, 2000, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


Critics say purchase of landfill by a coalition of Los Angeles County sanitation districts will make Riverside County the dumping ground for L.A. residents' trash. '"(Los Angeles County) has a track record (of) taking their environmental problems and putting them on the backs of less populated and less wealthy counties," said Brian Huse, a spokesman for the National Parks and Conservation Association, the leading advocacy group for national parks. "This is the county that gave us Owens ‘Dry’ Lake and almost killed Mono Lake."'

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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