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Site visits and wood recycling surge at Kootenai County transfer stations, staff say
Kootenai County Board of County Commissioners — Solid Waste Meeting · April 8, 2026
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Summary
County staff reported notable increases in site visits and tonnage at Ramsey, Prairie and rural sites for Jan–Mar 2026 vs 2025; Ramsey saw a 215% increase in recycled wood tonnage attributed to storm debris cleanup and mild weather.
County staff told commissioners April 7 that transfer station traffic and tonnage have risen this year, driven by mild weather, storm debris cleanup and population growth, and that a network outage likely undercounted some transactions.
Angela, who presented the quarterly statistics, said Ramsey site visits were up 12.3% and…
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