Potential 6-year contract for the development and implementation of citywide curbside soft textile recyclable materials collection from approximately 192,000 households. RFP SLW0511.
- 4-11-18: Simple Recycling Letter to ZWAC and ARR
- 4-11-18: ARR Presentation to ZWAC: Textile Recycling Program Update
- 9-06-2017: Sam Angoori, Final Update Memo to Mayor and City Council -Response to Resolution 20170202-045, Simple Recycling
- 5-12-2017: Sam Angoori, Third Update Memo to Mayor and City Council -Resolution 20170202-045, Simple Recycling
- 4-11-2017: Sam Angoori, Second Update Memo to Mayor and City Council -Resolution 20170202-045, Simple Recycling
- 3-02-2017: Sam Angoori Memo to Mayor and City Council -Response to Resolution 20170202-045, Simple Recycling
- TDS Fact Sheet: Curbside Clothing and Housewares Recycling in Austin,TX
- COA Zero Waste Master Plan: Textile Collection Pilot Program
- RFP: Curbside Textile Recycling Services, April 4, 2016
- Simple Recycling RFP Response Proposal
- 1-25-2017: Bob Gregory Email to City Council
Transcripts:
Public Information Requests:
1. City Recycler, Inc. dba Green City Recycler RFP Response
2. Contract and RFP Response from Great Lakes Recycling, Inc. dba Simple Recycling
3. Reports Submitted to City of Austin:
Dec. 2016 Revenue Payment to COA
Dec. 2016 Reports
Jan. 2017 Revenue Payment to COA
Jan. 2017 Reports
Feb. 2017 Revenue Payment to COA
Feb. 2017 Reports
March 2017 Revenue Payment to COA
March 2017 Reports
April 2017 Revenue Payment to COA
April 2017 Reports
May 2017 Revenue Payment to COA
May 2017 Reports
June 2017 Revenue Payment to COA
June 2017 Reports
July 2017 Revenue Payment to COA
July 2017 Reports
4. City Staff’s Proposal Scoring and Evaluation Documents:
RFP Evaluation Matrix with Summary
Evaluator’s Worksheet and Notes
5. Communications Between City Staff and Simple Recycling:
6. Communications to Obtain Records from the City of Austin:
12-19-16: Letter from Simple Recycling to the Texas Attorney General
12-6-16: Letter from Texas Disposal Systems to the Texas Attorney General
11-30-16: Letter from the City of Austin to the Texas Attorney General
11-15-16 to 11-21-16: Communications Between Ryan Hobbs and City staff
11-11-16: City of Austin Public Information Request from Ryan Hobbs
COA Private Hauler License Applications:
2016 2017
Communication About The Program:
- 10-12-16: ARR Director’s Report
- 11-8-16: Bob Gedert Memo to Mayor and City Council
- Mailer to Households
- Mailer With Bags to Households
Purple Heart:
- Photo of Loading Dock, 01-25-2017
- Photo of Loading Dock, 11-16-2016
- Purple Heart – Executive Director Fired, 12-01-08
- Purple Heart – Rated “F” by CharityWatch, 1-26-15
News Articles:
- 4-23-18: Recycling Diverts 9% of Textiles From Dump
- 6-13-17: Unanswered Questions to Cincinnati’s Effort to Reduce Useable Waste
- 4-05-17: City of Rosenberg Contracts for Home Goods Recycling Program
- 3-10-17: Cincinnati to Pick up Nearly Anything in New Textile Recycling Program
- 2-13-17: Simple Recycling blowback discussed at ZWAC
- 2-09-17: Fate of Simple Recycling not so simple
- 2-06-17: Nonprofits upset over new curbside recycling program
- 2-06-17: Curbside textile recycling continues – for now
- 2-03-17: Austin’s battle over textile donations reaches a six-month compromise
- 2-02-17: Simple Recycling, Complicated Problem
- 2-01-17: Council Takes Out the Trash
- 1-25-17: Austin’s curbside clothing pickup service faces cancellation
- 1-22-17 Nonprofits oppose city’s new recycling program
- 12-19-16 UPDATE: Nonprofits push back against curbside textile recycling program in Austin, TX
- 12-16-16: Austin charities want curbside clothing pickup contract canceled
- 12-15-16: Austin’s new curbside clothing recycle service contracts Ohio for profit, threatens local nonprofits
- 12-05-16: New Curbside Recycling Creating Competition for Austin Nonprofits
- 12-02-16: Public Notice: On and Off the Rails
- 9-01-16: Fast Fashion is Creating an Environmental Crisis
- 12-18-15: Charity Finishes Last at Car Donation Charities– Micro-Mini Share of Proceeds Go to Charity
- 10-02-15: Gaia-Movement Living Earth’s Recycling Program, Debunked!
- 11-14-15: Planet Aid Holds Special Event to Celebrate Launch of Curbside Pick-up
- 3-04-14: Controversy Surrounds Planet Aid Organization’s Collection Boxes
- 4-04-09: A Scam of Planetary Proportions