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Albany County committee renews Waste Management leachate processing contract despite PFAS concerns
Summary
The Albany County Legislature Public Works Committee on March 25 approved a one‑year renewal with Waste Management Greenfield RDF allowing the company to discharge landfill leachate to the Albany County Water Purification District’s North Plant, a motion that passed 5‑3.
The Albany County Legislature Public Works Committee on March 25 approved a one‑year renewal with Waste Management Greenfield RDF allowing the company to discharge landfill leachate to the Albany County Water Purification District’s North Plant, a motion that passed 5‑3.
Committee members said the agreement preserves a revenue stream for the district while staff and county officials answered repeated questions about contamination risks, testing and disposal of biosolids.
Under the renewal, Waste Management pays an annual fixed reservation fee of $22,000 plus a per‑gallon charge (the county currently charges 2¢ per gallon). County staff told the committee Waste Management discharged about 8,000,000 gallons of leachate to the plant last year; combined receipts from leachate intake across four facilities generate roughly $600,000…
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