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From YouTube: News Update - Riverside Drive Junkyard Cleanup
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Through the efforts of state grants, Asheville Greenworks, Buncombe County Solid Waste, and Biltmore Iron and Metal, the junk yard of 60 years on Riverside Drive has been cleaned up!
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A
Of
course,
the
the
water
would
percolate
through
all
the
the
chemicals
that
have
been
dumped
on
this
property
and
then
out
into
the
French
Broad
River
it
would
go
this
has
this
has
been
on
a
lot
of
people's
radars
for
a
long
time,
so
this
this
18-month
process
that
it's
that
it's
taken
for
us
to
get
here
has
been
has
been
an
amazing
one,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
great
partner
so
being
able
to
clean.
This
up
is
one
step
closer
to
cleaning
up
our
waterways
in
this
area,
so
this
location
is
1420.
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Riverside
drive
we're
in
woodfin,
the
town
of
woodfin.
The
property
is,
was
a
privately
owned
property
for
all
those
all
those
years
was
an
auto
salvage
yard.
The
the
property
was
grandfathered
in
so
that
it
could
be
an
auto
salvage
yard.
Even
though
the
Clean
Water
Act
passed
in
nineteen,
seventy
four,
which
sort
of
put
more
rules
in
place
to
keep
properties
like
this
from
existing
so
close
to
the
river,
we're
just
a
few
feet
away
from
it
right
now.
We.
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Then
the
state
came
in
and
said:
okay,
we
have
a
fund
and
when
you
purchase
a
tire,
you
notice
there's
a
fee
tack
down
to
each
tire
and
that's
what
this
money
goes
for
is
cleaned
up
and
things
like
that
they
property
had
been
used
as
a
tire
crusher
for
the
last
several
years
and
prior
to
that
time,
I
think
was
a
kind
of
a
junk
car
lock.
But
it's
something
that
we'd
been
concerned
with
without
it
had
so
many
tires
and
leftover
remnants
scrap
metals
so
forth.
A
Bill
Moran,
a
metal
they're
the
principal
in
this
process
out
here.
These
guys
have
been
in
here
for
seven
weeks
now,
clearing
the
property
and
what
they're
basically
doing
is
they're
taking
the
tires
with
rims
tires
without
rims,
sorting
them
cleaning
them
out
taking
those
items
and
send
him
to
recyclers
and
there's
a
couple
of
different
recyclers,
they're
working
with
to
make
sure
the
tires
are
our
recycled.
They
don't
end
up
into
a
landfill,
so
bill,
Miranda,
metal,
they're,
doing
the
heavy
lifting
I'm.
Sorry
for
the
punt.
A
The
big
green
machine
behind
us
has
been
out
here
and
going
nonstop
for
seven
weeks.
So
that's
tractor-trailer
loads
of
tires
has
been
leading
the
property.
We're
estimating
somewhere
about
50,000
tires,
have
left
the
property.
So
far
we
estimated
twenty
to
forty
thousand
tires
on
the
property.
So
we
were.
We
were
wrong
with
our
estimate.
We've.
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Larger
than
we
expected-
and
we
we've
been
here
longer
than
we
thought
we
thought
I'd
take
four
weeks.
Six
weeks
was
like
our.
This
is
going
to
you
know
really
long
term
and
it's
around
seven
weeks
and
he
has
been
working
nonstop
and
we
pulled
out
three
tractor-trailer
loads
of
trash.
So
far,
it's
just
been
good
to
get
all
this
off
the
property.
What.
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We
estimate
the
number
of
loads
we
hold
a
49
and
big
tractor
trailer
loads
of
tires
out
of
there.
The
contractor
did
855
tons
of
these
tires,
which
ended
up
being
around
80
5,500
tires,
and
that
was
a
tremendous
amount.
We'd
first
estimated
like
15,000
20,000.
Then
we
got
it
to
40,000
50,000
kept
growing,
rational.
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A
B
A
beautiful
piece
of
property
and
it's
something
that
people
have
been
interested
in,
seeing
cleaned
up
and
now
that
it
is
cleaned
up
whatever
happens
to
it.
It
won't
be
the
same
as
same
type
of
business.
If
a
business
goes
in,
there
is
what's
there
now,
so
we
can
see
some
benefits
to
the
environment
in
particular,
and
hopefully,
with
a
proposed
Greenway
coming
down
through
there.
This
will
be
part
of
that
project.
Whoever.
A
Purchases,
the
property
will
also
purchase
the
sixty
years
worth
of
problems
that
comes
with
this.
The
person
who
does
purchase
it
will
have
to
start
testing
on
it
to
find
out
what
they
can
and
cannot
do
with
the
property.
You
want
to
build
a
structure
if
they
want
to,
you
know,
turn
it
into
a
park
whatever
it
is
they
decide
to
do.
This
will
have
to
go
through
a
proper
steps
to
do
this,
and
that
is
not
going
to
be
a
cheap
process
by
no
means
turning
it
over
to
a
conservation.