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After compost-site fire, Solid Waste District tells council it will limit landscaper drop'offs and stop stockpiling material
Summary
Solid Waste District Executive Director Clay Turner told the council the district will stop accepting commercial landscapers at the county compost site, will curb stockpiling and will seek vendors to grind and remove material after a Sept. 21 fire. The council approved the district's 2026 budget at the meeting.
Clay Turner, executive director of the LaPorte County Solid Waste District, briefed the council Oct. 27 on lessons from a Sept. 21 fire at the county yard'waste site and on operational changes his board will propose.
Turner said the district will limit what is accepted at the site to residential loads and will not accept landscaper and contractor drop'offs going forward. "We're gonna…
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