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Madison County committee recommends doubling landfill intake, seeks gas reuse and PFAS planning
Summary
A volunteer solid waste and recycling technical team recommended increasing waste acceptance at the Madison County landfill, pursuing landfill-gas reuse and preparing for PFAS leachate treatment. The board approved a contract to install gas collection wells and issued a proclamation recognizing the committee's work.
A volunteer Solid Waste and Recycling technical team recommended that Madison County increase the landfill's permitted intake and invest in gas collection and PFAS pretreatment as part of a strategy to keep county recycling and transfer-station programs solvent.
The committee presentation to the Board of Supervisors on the landfill's future, delivered by committee member Robert (Bob) Kuchenberger, said the team is "recommending to increase the weight accept the waste acceptance into this landfill by about 50,000 tons per year." Kuchenberger said the landfill currently receives about 50,000 tons annually and the committee proposes planning up to a 125,000-ton-per-year permit to provide buffer and operational flexibility.
The recommendation, the presenter said, was driven by an engineering validation of Cornerstone Engineering's analysis and by comparisons with larger, more efficient facilities. "This size of a landfill is…
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