Landfills have always been a tough sell for sanitation officials and garbage companies. And a new survey of Americans’ attitudes toward development has found it’s getting even harder, not only for landfills, but for most development projects.
The second annual Saint Index, by the Saint Consulting Group, found landfills were opposed by 87 percent, up from 82 percent last year, beating casinos, power plants, and yes, even Wal Mart as Americans’ most despised land use project.
WNYC’s All Things Considered host Amy Eddings talks with Patrick Fox, president of the Saint Consulting Group, and with Virginian-Pilot reporter Scott Harper, about one company’s failed proposal to ship New York City trash to Portsmouth, Virginia.
U.S. Attitudes Against Land-Use Development Grow Deeper - The Saint Consulting Group (Press Release)
Amy Eddings is the local host of “All Things Considered,” which airs from 4 PM until 8 PM weekdays. She started hosting in 2004, after long-time host JoAnn Allen left for the West Coast. Before ATC, Amy was a reporter. Her favorite topics were--and still are--garbage and recycling, which she still reports on whenever she can get out of the studio.
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