PRESS ROOM

November Meeting of Citizens Advisory Committee on Waste Management for Portsmouth and SPSA is Cancelled

(Chesapeake, VA – November 6, 2007) – The Citizens Advisory Committee on Waste Management Issues for Portsmouth and SPSA has cancelled its regularly scheduled November 8, 2007 meeting.
           The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December, 13, 2007. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held at the Cradock Recreation Center, George Washington Highway, Portsmouth.
           For more information contact CAC Chair Rick Warren at rhwarren_23702@yahoo.com or CAC liaison Felicia Blow at fblow@spsa.com.

SPSA has been providing efficient and environmentally sound waste disposal services to the region and its residents since 1985. SPSA’s solid waste management system includes waste-to-energy, yard waste composting, drop-off and curbside recycling as well as other recycling programs, household hazardous waste collection, landfilling, landfill gas-to-energy and education programs. This integrated waste management system enables SPSA to put 57% of the waste it receives to a beneficial use, thus allowing the region to reduce its dependence on landfills.