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Radford council hears New River Resource Authority briefing on landfill operations and reserve needs
Summary
New River Resource Authority executive director Joe Levine described landfill operations, warned about falling tonnage and its effect on rates, and highlighted the need to build reserve funds to cover long-term liabilities tied to the Ingles/Ingalls Mountain site and emerging contamination risks.
The Radford City Council on Dec. 30 heard a detailed report from Joe Levine, executive director of the New River Resource Authority, on landfill operations, recycling trends and long-term financial reserves for closed sites.
Levine described the authority’s site layout and operations, saying, "As you come in the gate, the 950 acres, you come to the scale house," and explained that the authority tracks incoming and outgoing loads at the scale. He said maintaining sufficient tonnage is critical to keeping tip fees and rates stable and that the authority has restructured rates…
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