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Burke County explores reopening/expanding landfill footprint and other options to cut disposal costs
Summary
Staff reported that transitioning to in‑house transport cut tipping costs this year and proposed a multi‑year study of whether a county‑operated municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill on county property is feasible; board agreed to explore the option further.
Burke County staff asked commissioners to consider further study of a county‑operated municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill after staff reported significant near‑term savings from changes implemented this year and described a multi‑year path to permitting and building a lined MSW cell.
Solid waste staff (Mr. Sandow) said county restructuring of curbside and convenience‑site handling and a decision to transport MSW to Republic Services’ Lenoir landfill in‑house saved the county roughly $1,080,000 in the current fiscal year. The change required leasing vehicles, hiring operational staff and some up‑front costs estimated at about $250,000, but staff negotiated approximately $20 per ton lower tipping fees with Republic and implemented compaction of cardboard at convenience sites to reduce contracted hauling costs.
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