CHESAPEAKE The board of Hampton Roads' regional trash authority voted Tuesday not to sell the entire agency to a private company, opting instead to unload its most valuable asset. The Southeastern Public Service Authority board wants to sell its trash-burning power plant in Portsmouth to Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. for $150 million.

Chesapeake A state agency that must sign off on any proposal to sell SPSA or its assets waited a month for the trash authority to hand over details of a $150 million deal to sell a power plant, learning what it could in the meantime from the media.

There are now two proposals to buy SPSA, the region's struggling trash authority. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., a New Hampshire-based subsidiary of Waste Management, revealed few details about a proposal submitted Monday to purchase the Southeastern Public Service Authority.

CHESAPEAKE The Southeastern Public Service Authority is about to get new leadership. There also will be a new rule for the struggling trash authority's new board: No elected officials allowed. A state delegate who championed the leadership change has routinely accused the current board - composed mostly of elected officials from localities SPSA serves - of mismanagement.

CHESAPEAKE Not everyone is suffering from the financial meltdown at SPSA, the troubled garbage authority serving much of South Hampton Roads.

SUFFOLK Residents looking to dump brush piles and other large items at the regional landfill will find the weekend hours there drastically reduced beginning Saturday. The landfill will no longer be open Sundays and will close at noon Saturdays. The cost-saving move by the Southeastern Public Service Authority has the city searching for an alternative for residents.

PORTSMOUTH The Southeastern Public Service Authority has asked a judge to help it resolve a dispute with the city over about $1.5 million in service fees Portsmouth wants to collect from the regional waste authority.

NORFOLK Like many of the region's trash customers, the city's housing authority has seen huge increases in its garbage pickup costs in recent years. But unlike most private residents, the agency can do something about it.

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SPSA agreed Thursday to sell its trash-burning power plant and sorting center in Portsmouth to Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. for $150 million and other incentives.
By a unanimous vote, the board of the Southeastern Public Service Authority ended months of bidding and negotiations to privatize a major asset for disposing of garbage in South Hampton Roads.

CHESAPEAKE SPSA, the regional trash agency, has decided to end all of its recycling programs after 21 years of service, citing a desire to cut costs, save money and reform itself into a leaner organization.