Committee flags landfill capacity, cost impacts if biosolids spreading pauses
Apr 27, 2026
Members warned that halting field spreading of biosolids could shift disposal to landfills, increasing tipping fees and shortening the useful life of county landfill capacity; one member cited '10 plus thousand tons' as a possible added volume.
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Members warned that if biosolids spreading were paused, disposal would shift to landfill sites and could accelerate filling of county landfills. "If it's going to be landfilled... we're gonna run out of space quicker," one committee member said while noting limited incineration capacity.
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