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Decatur officials outline landfill, recycling operations and say staff protected historic cemetery on landfill property
Summary
City staff described operations and capacity at the Morgan County Regional Landfill, outlined regional recycling activity at Decatur's MRF, and said they located and now protect the Lao Cemetery—a burial ground that staff say includes graves of both plantation owners and enslaved people.
The City of Decatur on Monday heard a detailed presentation on the Morgan County Regional Landfill and the Decatur material-recovery facility, during which landfill staff said they had identified and are protecting a cemetery on landfill property.
Wanda Tyler of landfill and recycling introduced the landfill team and said William “Bill” Haygood, landfill manager, presented the landfill’s history and operations. Haygood told the council the Morgan County Regional Landfill began operations after a 1965 partnership between Morgan County and the City of Decatur and was set up as an enterprise account to repay acquisition and development costs over 20 years.
Haygood said the landfill is permitted to accept up to 3,000 tons per day, is operating at roughly 54% capacity and has about 6,000,000 cubic yards of…
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