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Sanitation director briefs council on landfill life, tarp cover test, compost plan and fleet changes
Summary
Sanitation representative Joe Hopper told the council Conways landfill has roughly 45.5 years of permitted life, outlined a tarp alternate daily cover trial to conserve airspace, described plans for a composting facility and said the city is shifting parts of its fleet away from CNG.
Joe Hopper, speaking for the Conway sanitation department, told the city council the department runs six divisions with about 97 employees and highlighted ongoing community outreach such as facility tours, school events and public demonstrations.
Hopper said the citys current landfill life estimate is about 45.5 years based on the most recent engineering work and that an updated engineering report would be released this month. He described the citys adoption of a weighted tarp alternate daily cover system, saying the tarp "conserve[s] airspace, reduce[s] the soil needs and operating cost" and that it is currently in a testing phase of roughly six months.
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