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Meridian Waste offers life‑of‑site lease or purchase of Region 2000 landfill, promises $36/ton county rate and to assume closure liability
Summary
Meridian Waste told the supervisors it would assume environmental and post-closure liability, guarantee county disposal capacity (cited 27,000 tons/year for 24 years) and offer a reduced tipping fee (company cited $36/ton) under a purchase or life-of-site lease of the Region 2000 landfill.
Tim Williams and Meridian Waste speakers presented a regional, long-term option to the Campbell County Board of Supervisors: either buy the Region 2000 landfill or enter a life-of-site lease with Meridian taking responsibility for operations, permitting and closure/post-closure financial assurance. Meridian said this would relieve Region 2000 and member localities of long-term environmental and post-closure funding obligations.
Meridian’s presenters said the company would guarantee disposal capacity to Campbell County — they cited a guarantee of up to 27,000 tons per year for 24 years for county residential and facility waste — and offered what they described as a reduced tipping fee for county waste, presented in the meeting as about $36 per ton subject to annual CPI adjustments. Meridian also proposed a host-fee arrangement (they cited a $1-per-ton host fee with a $100,000 minimum) and said it would fund landfill expansions and associated permitting costs; presenters described an expansion payment tied to an 8,000,000-cubic-yard expansion (they referenced a per-cubic-yard payment as part of future expansion compensation to Region 2000).
Board members asked Meridian to explain how the company could fund closure and post-closure guarantees and where the company would obtain additional volume to cover shortfalls. Meridian said it would provide Virginia DEQ financial assurance or bonding, take on environmental liability from the date of purchase/lease, expand volumes over time, and apply internal landfill-management software and drone monitoring to maximize airspace and operational efficiency. The company also described renewable-energy opportunities (partners named included Vision RNG and US Energy) and promised third-party environmental testing and compliance with DEQ permits.
Meridian’s presentation framed its offer as removing long-term liabilities and providing a predictable disposal price and revenue stream for the county, but board members continued to press for details on contract terms, exact pricing schedules over time, and protections for neighboring properties.
