Thursday July 10th, 6pm PST. National broadcast launch of garbage truck
blow up experiment on the Discovery Channel debuts ground zero from Calaveras
County. After receiving a call from the
TV show producers, Dave Vaccarezza, owner of Cal-Waste, was asked to provide a
garbage truck in their quest or question whether they could successfully blow
it up.
In Early August (2013) we
received a call, which we thought was a “goofball” call of someone who said
they were from Myth Busters.”, Dave explains. “Blow up something that costs a
few $100K?” After some thought Dave returned the call and agreed, but only
under one very meaningful condition. If
they would donate some money to the local Youth Groups in Calaveras. The idea was inspired by County Supervisor
Merita Callaway to donate to Calaveras Youth Mentoring and also by County
Supervisor Cliff Edson to donate to the Youth Center in Valley Springs. $500 to
each and Cal-Waste would match their donation as well.
