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Sumner County Solid Waste Board adopts 2023 and 2024 plans after RASCO update
Summary
The Sumner County Solid Waste Board voted to adopt its 2023 and 2024 solid-waste plans after a staff presentation on RASCO’s transfer-station fire, regional landfill capacity and a proposed rail option to move construction-and-demolition material offsite.
Sumner County Solid Waste Board members voted to adopt the county’s 2023 and 2024 solid-waste plans after a staff presentation on RASCO operations and regional landfill capacity.
The plans were approved by motion and second and carried by a voice vote with no recorded opposition. During the meeting a Sumner County staff member, Becky, reviewed recent operational issues at RASCO, recycling-performance figures and a proposed rail transfer option for construction-and-demolition material.
Becky, a Sumner County staff member, told the board that the county’s recycling rate “was about 27 or 28%,” above the state target of 25 percent, based on totals collected from the City of Gallatin, RASCO and local businesses. She said final data for the most recent…
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