But the economics behind them are not working out as expected. And that is leading to some reconsideration.

Long-time recycling advocate Mike Anderson, the current chair of the Sonoma County Solid Waste Management Task Force, contends that one factor in North Bay Corporation’s higher-than-permitted volume of “residuals” at their Standish Avenue sorting facility is the age of the equipment in use there.

  Attorney Eric Koenigshofer, a long-time member of North Bay Corporation’s management team, says that lower revenues from the resale of recyclables could affect their garbage collection rates.

North Bay Corporation and its parent company became the dominant garbage collection service in Sonoma County after activists such as Anderson persuaded local governments to use competitive bidding in awarding those contracts. But he is concerned that this consumer-friendly approach has begun to backslide.

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