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Norfolk staff brief council on SIPSA agreement and proposed Commonwealth Sortation contract to extend landfill life
Summary
City public-works staff briefed council on a proposed SIPSA contract with Commonwealth Sortation that would use AI and robotics to sort regional waste, a move staff said would reduce landfill disposal by a contractually guaranteed 50 percent and extend landfill capacity to about 2095 at current volumes if implemented.
Richard Broad, director of public works for the City of Norfolk, summarized a SIPSA briefing on regional waste disposal options and a proposed contract with a private sortation vendor.
Broad said the regional landfill sits in wetlands connected to the Great Dismal Swamp and that recent permitting efforts to expand the landfill were unsuccessful. Under current permitted capacity and current waste volumes, Broad said the landfill would last to 2060. SIPSA conducted an RFP and selected Commonwealth Sortation (pending…
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