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Public works addresses mattress disposal, illegal-dumping enforcement
Summary
County public works staff described growing mattress volumes, a $20-per-mattress customer charge, coordination with the sheriff for illegal-dumping enforcement and possible fee changes next year to recoup costs.
The Public Works meeting discussed a growing volume of illegally dumped mattresses, current disposal fees and enforcement steps to identify and penalize dumpers.
At the meeting, a staff member identified only as Cliff said the county is seeing “anywhere from 20 to 30 a a week” in mattress disposals and “50 or 60 a a month easily,” and described steps to track vehicles involved in illegal dumping so the sheriff’s department can follow up. Cliff said the county is billing customers $20 per mattress and that the Smith County landfill has been accepting mattresses since July under a separate handling arrangement.
Cliff described how mattresses damage landfill equipment: “a mattress with all those coils and springs in them and the hardened wire gets…
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