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Salem council adopts higher medical-waste rates after county incinerator closure
Summary
Following a public hearing, the City of Salem adopted Resolution 2025-1 to increase commercial medical-waste collection rates after Marion County’s incinerator closure forced new disposal arrangements.
The Salem City Council on Jan. 27 adopted Resolution 2025-1 to amend commercial medical-waste collection rates and charges after a public hearing and staff presentation.
Franchise administrator Ryan Zink told council that the local incinerator operator (formerly known as Covanta; now ReWorld/Reworld Marion) will cease incineration at the end of January and that Marion County had temporarily extended operations to allow closure activities. That change, Zink said, forced haulers and the county to identify new disposal pathways and drove a large increase in disposal costs.
Zink presented three pricing tiers used by the hauler Marion Environmental Services — low volume (1–59 boxes/month), high volume (60+ boxes/month) and hospital collection —…
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