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Solid waste director proposes third straight $10/ton tip‑fee increase, lays out $50M landfill plan
Summary
Deschutes County Solid Waste director said the budget includes a $10/ton increase in the disposal fee to $90 per ton and described long‑term capital needs — a new landfill cell, transfer station upgrades and renewable natural gas — totaling tens of millions of dollars.
Tim Brownell, director of Deschutes County Solid Waste, told the budget committee the department will ask for a $10‑per‑ton increase in the county’s landfill tip fee, bringing the rate to $90 per ton and noting this is the third consecutive $10/ton increase.
Nut graf: Brownell outlined a multiyear capital program that includes replacing the landfill flare to meet new air permit rules, upgrading transfer stations, expanding compost and material‑recovery infrastructure and eventually developing a new landfill cell and processing facilities — projects that together could…
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