This dirty little story on local litter reflects a worldwide recycling crisis reaching all the way to China

By Marcy Axness, Patric Hedlund and Gary Meyer, TME

Frazier Park resident Carol Shaw was confused last week when she received a notice in the mailbox about a public hearing on May 21 from Kern County Public Works Department.

Increases in monthly waste collection fees are being proposed, set to go up by $1.02 for…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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This notice came in the mail this month to mountain residents.

Left: A house-sized bundle of cardboard behind Frazier Park Market on Saturday, April 13; Right: Jerry Allison was also puzzled by the notice (on pg. 14) about his blue recycling bin.

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