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Solid Waste Director reports diversion gains, limits mattress drop-offs and backs county support for producer-funded recycling
Summary
Solid Waste Director Bishop Wagner reported May recycling/diversion totals, described a new limit on mattress disposals at convenience centers, confirmed a July 1 transfer-station opening, and told the committee he supports the county’s motion to send a letter backing the Tennessee Waste to Jobs Act (SB 269).
Bishop Wagner, Rutherford County solid-waste director, updated the Public Works and Planning Committee on May operations, imposed a temporary limit on mattress drop‑offs at convenience centers and said the department supports the committee’s decision to request a letter of support for SB 269.
The most newsworthy operations detail: county convenience centers will accept no more than one mattress and one box spring per person per day. Wagner said staff have been receiving unusually large volumes of mattresses — in some cases multiple mattress loads arriving at once — and the limit is…
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