OPINION: 'The true bottom line is, join us in a focus on responsible environmental actions that go beyond a corporate slogan,' writes Tucson
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: In the Spring of 2020, the Tucson City Council unanimously adopted the mayor’s declaration of a climate emergency. Since that time the City has moved forward with specific, measurable actions aimed at decarbonization, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and securing our water future. Literally thousands of Tucson residents are directly participating in many of these efforts.
People are also reading… Republic Services has a contract to operate the Material Recovery Facility in Tucson. They say the City is in default of our contract because we’re putting the glass to productive new uses. When they applied for the contract to run the MRF, Republic committed to aggressively looking for secondary uses for glass to avoid landfilling the material. They didn’t. We did.
The City has voluntarily left thousands of acre feet of water in the Colorado River in an effort to address the drought-caused water security challenges we face. The City has adopted forward-looking electric vehicle requirements for new construction. The mayor was successful in negotiating a commitment from Tucson Electric Power to work with the City and reach 100% clean energy as quickly as possible for all City operations.
The welcome mat is still in front of them. I say to Republic, join us in standing up a region-wide plastic reuse operation with ByFusion. Join us in finding a rate structure that avoids more increases in our residential and commercial rates. Stop with the threats of litigating over what Republic itself has failed to pursue: productive third-party arrangements for the reuse of glass.
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