Craighead County sees drop in trash revenue.The revenue of Craighead County Solid Waste Disposal Authority Waste disposal authorities (WDA) were established in the UK folling the Environmental Protection Act 1990. WDAs are in charge of the use of funds from Council Tax to facilitate the disposal of municipal waste. WDAs must manager waste which is collected by local councils. has dropped about $225,000 from January through July compared with the same period in 2008. Officials aren't sure what has caused the drop in revenue and tonnage TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel. 2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. received, said Angela Sparks, executive director of the agency. She said 64,332 tons of trash were received between January and July, down 7,972.33 tons from the same period in 2008. While the sluggish economy Sluggish Economy A state in the economy in which the growth is slow, flat or declining. The term can refer to the economy as a whole or a component of the economy, such as weak housing starts. may be responsible for the some of the decline in revenue, Sparks said, she suspects that waste haulers are violating flow-control regulations. All waste generated in a district is supposed to stay in that district unless other district directors approve. "Craighead County is a single-county district," Sparks said. "And we have no agreements with any of the other districts." She said she was researching ways to have penalties and fines imposed on waste haulers if they're caught taking trash to another district. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Sparks said, her agency is closely monitoring its expenses since it started noticing revenue falling in the middle of 2008. In October, it laid off an employee and eliminated another position through attrition Attrition The reduction in staff and employees in a company through normal means, such as retirement and resignation. This is natural in any business and industry. Notes: . Total revenue for the authority has been about $4 million annually, Sparks said. |
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