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The California garbage business changed permanently in 1990 when customers were required to sort their waste into separate carts. Starting Jan. 1, 2022, with the rollout of new state regulations involving organic waste, it’s changing again. As part of SB 1383, local jurisdictions will have to provide organic waste collection service to all residents and businesses. In the upper Napa Valley, the task of implementing a more robust organics diversion program will fall to Upper Valley Disposal Service (UVDS), which is under a long-term franchise agreement to handle waste management. Support ...

The battle between Mayor Geoff Ellsworth and Upper Valley Disposal Service escalated this week, with the company’s chief operating officer calling on him to resign. Rob Anglin, an attorney for UVDS, told the city on Monday that Ellsworth solicited the waste management firm Recology to provide service to the City of St. Helena. UVDS and Clover Flat Landfill have exclusive long-term franchise agreements with the Upper Valley Waste Management Agency (UVWMA) to provide waste management services in St. Helena, Calistoga, Yountville, and the unincorporated Upvalley. Christy Pestoni, chief oper...

Geoff Ellsworth Editor's note: The Star offered Ellsworth an opportunity to respond to criticism in several recent letters. He sent the following response. I'm writing in response to some recent letters to our local newspapers. I am writing this as an individually elected official and not speaking on behalf of the city of St. Helena or the St. Helena City Council. If a local mayor, in this case myself, is called out negatively for thanking city staff and emergency services for incredible efforts over the last very challenging year then we've reached a real low in local politics. W...

The St. Helena City Council will not pursue disciplinary measures against Mayor Geoff Ellsworth after an inquiry found that Ellsworth’s recent criticism of Upper Valley Disposal Service was not a “material violation” of the council’s Standards of Conduct. The matter involved whether the mayor violated the standards by failing to specify that he was writing on his own behalf, not as mayor, when he raised environmental and safety concerns about UVDS and Clover Flat in a Feb. 8 letter to the Upper Valley Waste Management Agency. On Feb. 16, Ellsworth issued an amended letter ...

The St. Helena City Council got a crash course Monday in how Upper Valley Disposal Service and Clover Flat Landfill are managed and overseen. Steve Lederer, Napa County public works director and manager of the Upper Valley Waste Management Agency, explained that the UVWMA is a joint-powers authority created in 1993 with representatives from St. Helena, Calistoga, Napa County and Yountville. City Councilmember Anna Chouteau is St. Helena’s representative. The UVWMA modified and renewed UVDS’ franchise agreements in 2007, locking in rates at Clover Flat (with increases tied to the con...