- Signatures: 2,856
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 9-14-2007
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Citizens are trying to stop Hugo Neu from building a 170-acre, 350-foot high landfill of auto fluff in the Cape Fear Lowlands in the vicinity of the Cape Fear River, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
| Number | Date | Name | State | Why am I signing this petition? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,866 | 7:46 am PDT, Jun 20 | Jenny Vegan | ||
| 2,865 | 12:25 pm PST, Jan 23 | c.w. richmond | Georgia | landfills stink |
| 2,864 | 8:50 am PST, Jan 16 | Brandon Kling | North Carolina | New homeowner who doesnt want a dump in his backyard |
| 2,863 | 2:12 pm PDT, Sep 4 | john doe | Wisconsin | WHERE DO YOU WANT IT TO GO? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO REDUCE WASTE ? CAN YOU DERIVE A VALUE ADDED PROCESS THAT CLEANS THE PROCESS AND PRODUCES PROFIT/JOBS? |
| 2,862 | 8:38 am PDT, Sep 4 | Debbie Cribb | North Carolina | I am thinking of moving to Brunswick county |
| 2,861 | 5:58 am PDT, Aug 29 | Anonymous | North Carolina | Stop this harm before its too late. |
| 2,860 | 9:50 am PDT, Jul 30 | Rosie Donald | North Carolina | I don't want to see a landfill when I |
| 2,859 | 7:56 am PDT, Jul 30 | Shelia Hatcher | West Virginia | Save our environment! |
| 2,858 | 7:54 am PDT, Jul 30 | Eddie Wooten | West Virginia | I support the people trying to save our lands not the ones trying to destroy them |
| 2,857 | 7:52 am PDT, Jul 30 | April Lusk | West Virginia | I don't want to see a landfill in my back window! |
| 2,856 | 7:50 am PDT, Jul 30 | April Wyrick | North Carolina | Preserve what is left, don't let them destroy what is not rightfully theirs |
| 2,855 | 7:47 am PDT, Jul 30 | Jeff Lusk | West Virginia | Nature, Beauty, Harmony! |
| 2,854 | 7:46 am PDT, Jul 30 | Leslie Gillespie | North Carolina | I believe in preserving our beautiful lands. The landfill is harmful to our environment! |
| 2,853 | 7:42 am PDT, Jul 30 | Brandi Cox | North Carolina | When I visit, I don't want to see a high rise landfill! |
| 2,852 | 7:40 am PDT, Jul 30 | John Petro | North Carolina | It's wrong to destroy our lands |
| 2,850 | 6:58 am PDT, Jul 30 | Anonymous | North Carolina | Don't ruin our beautiful land! |
| 2,849 | 9:12 am PDT, Jul 9 | Anonymous | North Carolina | We must preserve the beauty of nature, not destroy it! Plus I don't want to see a 350 foot pile of gabarge out my back window. |
| 2,848 | 8:36 am PDT, Jul 9 | Brian Mackle | North Carolina | This dump would be a nightmare for Brunswick County residents. |
| 2,847 | 7:19 pm PDT, Jul 6 | Dayna Matkins | North Carolina | |
| 2,846 | 8:06 am PDT, May 15 | Anonymous | North Carolina | |
| 2,845 | 8:04 am PDT, May 15 | eva garst | North Carolina | NATURE!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 2,844 | 8:03 am PDT, May 15 | Anonymous | North Carolina | Beauty is precious! |
| 2,843 | 8:02 am PDT, May 15 | Melissa Mullins | North Carolina | Stop destruction of our land! |
| 2,842 | 8:00 am PDT, May 15 | Jeanne Poole | North Carolina | Stop the landfill!! |
| 2,841 | 7:59 am PDT, May 15 | William Poole | North Carolina | |
| 2,840 | 7:58 am PDT, May 15 | Jeannie Speight | North Carolina | Put an end to destroying our beautiful land. |
| 2,839 | 7:21 am PDT, May 15 | Charlie Speight | North Carolina | Stop the landfill!! |
| 2,838 | 6:32 am PDT, May 2 | Marilyn Harman | North Carolina | As I enter Wilmington from Brunswick County, I am awe-struck by the beauty of the various steeples that grace the skyline. The tranquility of the river draws me into historic downtown, where the ambiance of old Wilmington lives on. I can not imagine gazing across the river and viewing a smoldering, stinking, offensive mound of rubble, over-shadowing the Battleship, as it's cloud of fumes wafts over Brunswick County. New malls, new businesses, new housing developments...it just doesn't seem to end. Lost forests, pastures, wildlife. Both sides of the river are under attack. Is our quality of life really for sale? |
| 2,837 | 10:07 am PDT, Apr 15 | Anonymous | North Carolina | What person would want to live in the Cape Fear region? Who would want to go to school there? It will hinder growth of the area, especially Leland. It will downgrade the area and will surely short tourist money from locals. |
| 2,836 | 9:03 am PDT, Apr 4 | William J. Muench IV | North Carolina | The landfill will kill property values. |
| 2,835 | 3:30 pm PDT, Apr 3 | Eric Cox | North Carolina | |
| 2,834 | 1:18 pm PDT, Apr 3 | Matthew Kurtz | North Carolina | |
| 2,833 | 2:30 pm PDT, Mar 31 | Courtney Thomas | North Carolina | We live in a beautiful part of the country...An area that is one of the fastest growing in the state. What good is a landfill? Preserve the natural beauty on the coast. Stop the landfill! |
| 2,832 | 7:39 pm PDT, Mar 30 | Judd Arnold | North Carolina | Beautiful beaches, the historic downtown waterfront, an exploding real estate market, strong economic growth, an artificial mountain of trash visible from miles away... Wilmington is a wonderful place to live and visit. Why do some of our elected leaders want to ruin it? |
| 2,831 | 3:48 pm PDT, Mar 29 | Anonymous | North Carolina | |
| 2,830 | 6:26 pm PDT, Mar 28 | Rodney Stewart | North Carolina | The location of this landfill not only affects the Cape Fear but also the Brunswick and New Hanover beaches. |
| 2,829 | 11:41 am PDT, Mar 26 | Goldy Ann Rose | North Carolina | This landfill is going to depreciate the value of everyone's homes in and around leland. The waste will pollute the ground water and cause health problems to those who consume it. |
| 2,828 | 6:54 am PDT, Mar 19 | Robin Pemberton | North Carolina | |
| 2,827 | 10:02 am PDT, Mar 17 | Anonymous | North Carolina | SE Nc is not the place for thia huge landfill ! |
| 2,826 | 12:56 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Rhonda Welborn | North Carolina | |
| 2,825 | 12:54 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Jennifer Whitaker | North Carolina | |
| 2,824 | 12:47 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Jennifer Moyer | North Carolina | We do not need another landfill in this area. I have environmental concerns and the area in which they plan to put this landfill should be preserved. |
| 2,823 | 11:09 am PDT, Mar 16 | David Martin | North Carolina | |
| 2,822 | 8:24 am PDT, Mar 15 | Mark Bowman | North Carolina | I live just a few miles from the possible landfill sight. This is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. WE DON'T NEED A LANDFILL!!! |
| 2,821 | 11:50 am PDT, Mar 14 | Carl Sears | Georgia | As a citizen of Dixie, I am opposed to turning any state or locallity in such into a possible toxic area. Here in Ga where I live, the tyrants we have elected intend to dump flyash along with contaminated soils and auto fluff in ours. Lawsuits will most likely be forthcoming. Stop them before they start and best of luck. |
| 2,820 | 7:54 pm PST, Mar 9 | Nick Jarman | North Carolina | |
| 2,819 | 10:04 am PST, Mar 8 | ed rodgers | North Carolina | |
| 2,818 | 12:09 pm PST, Mar 5 | Kristin Paluchak | North Carolina | Stop the landfill!! |
| 2,817 | 4:02 am PST, Mar 4 | Maxwell R. Coffey | North Carolina | to help stop the Hugo project |
| 2,816 | 8:08 pm PST, Mar 3 | Jeanne Johnson | North Carolina | I moved to North Carolina from New York because I wanted to live in a clean, safe area. I just moved here and love the beautiful land, water and trees. There is more than enough reason for people and businesses to move to this area. Most recently Verison Wireless, GE Nuclear and Time Warner have come to NC. In addition, PPD, the Marriott and a new Convention Center are planned for the area. Hugo Neu Landfill will not be good for the area, in fact, in will be bad. I know myself and others in my area are all planning on moving from the area if, in fact, this gets approved. Then the Mayor of Navassa can be happy. He and his residents will have their beloved landfill and a lot of empty homes and businesses all around them. |
| 2,815 | 8:01 pm PST, Mar 3 | Anonymous | Virginia | Our soil, water and air are vital to life. Pollutants are detrimental to the environment and lives. Landfills pollute our water, air and soil. We don't need them. |
| 2,814 | 6:52 am PST, Feb 28 | Thea Nunez | North Carolina | As a citizen of North Carolina, I reject this landfill wholeheartedly, and ask for common consideration in regards to my son, as well as all children who may grow up in what could potentially be a very unhealthy and unvalued piece of America. |
| 2,813 | 6:45 am PST, Feb 28 | jason tripp | North Carolina | To look at for the future of Brunswick and New Hanover. |
| 2,812 | 12:09 pm PST, Feb 22 | Mark Schwimmer | North Carolina | It is high time that our citizens regain their country from greedy business interests. |
| 2,811 | 5:54 pm PST, Feb 19 | Anonymous | California | I lived in that area for college and now live in Los Angeles, California where all the rivers and the ocean is polluted. I would hate to see the coast of North Carolina go the way of California. Good luck to all of you! |
| 2,810 | 10:09 am PST, Feb 14 | Cassi Whitney | North Carolina | Please save our beaches |
| 2,809 | 9:46 pm PST, Feb 5 | marvin fredlaw | North Carolina | ITS JUST NOT NEEDED.AND ITS ABOUT MONEY , AND ONLY MONEY. |
| 2,808 | 9:14 am PST, Feb 1 | Judy Covil | North Carolina | Why should we take another country's trash and contaminate more of our own land. No amount of money is worth increaseing the potiential for ill health. |
| 2,807 | 5:44 pm PST, Jan 27 | Aiz T | ||
| 2,806 | 6:51 am PST, Jan 26 | Nathan Evans | North Carolina | As wet as the area is already, the loss of the trees will carry the pollutants right through our backyards and into the streams we fish and play in. There is enough industry waste already in our beatiful community. Keep Brunswick Beautiful. |
| 2,805 | 9:06 am PST, Jan 25 | Lori Dissinger | North Carolina | You must not let our beautiful land be wasted or destroyed! |
| 2,804 | 5:11 pm PST, Jan 24 | Richard Cox | North Carolina | Because Rep. Wright can rezone Dr. Mottola's offices on wrightsville ave, but he can help the thousands of citizens in Brunswick County. |
| 2,803 | 9:50 am PST, Jan 24 | Christine Cox | North Carolina | I don't want the landfill in my backyard. Isn't it bad enough people see the sewer treatment pland and the prison when they fly into Wilmington, a landfill won't help the environment nor the atmosphere of Wilmington/Leland. |
| 2,802 | 1:57 pm PST, Jan 23 | Roy E. Cox | North Carolina | |
| 2,801 | 6:00 am PST, Jan 19 | Todd Luckadoo | North Carolina |
No Hugo Neu Landfill
Auto fluff is the non-ferrous residual left from the shredding of vehicles and appliances. Fluff is one of the leading sources of mercury and contains many other hazardous materials such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, benzene, PAHs, ethylbenzene, PCBs, toluene, vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, and xylenes. Three of these permeate state-of-the art HDPE landfill liners in 1 to 13 days.
Hugo Neu, an international metal shredding giant headquartered in New York, plans to transport fluff from its shredding operations to the Cape Fear Lowlands adjacent to the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, North Carolina, and stockpile it in a landfill 350 feet high over a 170-acre footprint.
Brunswick County is home to beautiful white sand beaches, two aquifer outcroppings, and the Green Swamp, whose species diversity is topped only by the Great Rain Forest of Central America. Here in the Green Swamp Preserve, you will find longleaf pine savannas, wild orchids, and 14 varieties of insectivorous plants.
The preserve is home to many rare animals, including American alligator, fox squirrel, Henslow’s sparrow, Bachman’s sparrow, and Hessel's hairstreak butterfly. One of the rarest residents is the federally listed endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Brunswick County, North Carolina, is an area rich in natural resources and favored by many retirees as being the perfect blend of North and South. Help us protect our home by signing the petition to stop Hugo Neu.
Hugo Neu, an international metal shredding giant headquartered in New York, plans to transport fluff from its shredding operations to the Cape Fear Lowlands adjacent to the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, North Carolina, and stockpile it in a landfill 350 feet high over a 170-acre footprint.
Brunswick County is home to beautiful white sand beaches, two aquifer outcroppings, and the Green Swamp, whose species diversity is topped only by the Great Rain Forest of Central America. Here in the Green Swamp Preserve, you will find longleaf pine savannas, wild orchids, and 14 varieties of insectivorous plants.
The preserve is home to many rare animals, including American alligator, fox squirrel, Henslow’s sparrow, Bachman’s sparrow, and Hessel's hairstreak butterfly. One of the rarest residents is the federally listed endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Brunswick County, North Carolina, is an area rich in natural resources and favored by many retirees as being the perfect blend of North and South. Help us protect our home by signing the petition to stop Hugo Neu.
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