PRESS ROOM

MEETING SET TO ENLIST MEMBERS FOR SPSA’s PORTSMOUTH WASTE MANAGEMENT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITEE

(August 25, 2006; Chesapeake, VA) -- Portsmouth residents interested in serving on a committee that will advise the Southeastern Public Service Authority on issues of concern to Cradock and other Portsmouth neighborhoods are being asked to attend an organizational meeting Thursday, August 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the Cradock Recreation Center, 4300 George Washington Highway.
            “The committee’s purpose will be to enhance better communications between SPSA and the neighborhoods most directly impacted by SPSA’s presence in Portsmouth,” says Leroy Bennett, SPSA Board of Directors Chair.
            Some Portsmouth City Council members and other community leaders, the city’s representative on the SPSA Board of Directors, and SPSA staff will attend. There is an application for interested Portsmouth residents to complete and appointments will be determined by SPSA in conjunction with the Portsmouth’s Liaison to the SPSA Board.
            For more details, interested residents may call 420-4700 or send an email to fblow@spsa.com. Or, visit SPSA’s web site, www.spsa.com and click on the link SPSA community meeting.

        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.