Council to Consider POU Options and Implementation
In December of 2013, the Davis City Council authorized the city manager and the city attorney “to…
Study Shows Benefits of Plastic Bag Bans As Davis’ Ban is Set to Start July 1
The city of Davis has put out a single-use carryout bag ordinance page in advance of the…
Making Recycling Easier
by Michelle Millet Knowing that my family is attempting to reduce the amount of waste we generate,…
Analysis: Editorial Suggests Wrong Time to Consider POU
At the last council meeting, the Davis City Council approved a consent item that would finance an…
Who is Being Targeted in Anti-Scavenging Law?
While the city expressed concern about organized groups that come from out of town, using trucks and…
Costs and Benefits of POU’s
by Michelle Millet At last Tuesday’s council meeting members unanimously voted on a resolution approving a loan…
Transport of Crude-by-Rail Puts Davis at Risk
By Lynne Nittler, Milton Kalish, and Matt Biers-Ariel Background: North Dakota Bakken crude oil production is booming,…
City Gets Push Back from PG&E, Chamber on POU
In December of 2013, the Davis City Council authorized the city manager and the city attorney to…
Trash Entitlement
by Michelle Millet The city’s decision to move from the current loose-in-the-street collection method to a containerized…
Sunday Commentary: Davis Remains Behind the Times on Green Waste
Every time my parents come up to visit the grandchildren, they are constantly baffled by the resistance…
My View: Public Participation, the Homeless and DWR’s Profits
I was dismayed on Tuesday to watch the unfolding of the discussion on scavenging. It was a…
Council Delays Action on Green Waste Containerization
by Michelle Millet Unless something radically changes it appears the City of Davis will move forward with…
Commentary: Did Council Hit the Mark on Scavenging?
It was a great staff report last night by City Staffer Dianna Jensen on the issue of…
Community Events: MLK Day; Solar Gardens
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on January 20th to Feature Dana Vickers Shelley from the Southern…
Food Scrap Collection Follow Up
by Michelle Millet After reading many of the comments that were posted on my recent article Green…
Biking and Walking to School in Davis
by Robb Davis Adults who grew up in Davis will often harken back to their experience as…
Green Waste Containerization Benefit: Food Scrap Collection
by Michelle Millet According to the long range calendar, this Tuesday the Davis City Council was set…
Should Davis Pursue Its Own Publicly Owned Utility?
On Tuesday, at his State of the City Speech, Mayor Joe Krovoza announced that the city is…
Striving For Zero Waste: One Davis Family’s Resolution
By Michelle Millet I can’t remember the first time I heard about the concept of zero waste,…
New Study Suggests Global Warming to Be Catastrophic
If a new study, published in the journal, Nature, is accurate, climate change may be far worse…
