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Speakers urge ban on out-of-region waste, propose waste-reduction alternatives
Summary
Public commenters at the Seneca Falls meeting urged officials to stop accepting waste from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and to pursue waste-reduction models and expert assistance instead of expanding the landfill.
Several commenters urged the town to stop taking waste from outside the region and to explore alternatives that reduce total waste flows. A resident argued the town should "stop accepting waste from all over the Northeast and the Mid Atlantic for huge sums of money that has went into a waste management corporation," calling on officials to adopt a policy change instead of relying on revenue from out-of-region shipments.
Another speaker suggested the town begin ‘‘to reduce waste and to explore the ways that we can do that," pointing to existing models and experts who could help design alternatives. Commenters framed these steps as both protective of public health and consistent with longer-term sustainability goals; no formal motion or staff response appears in the transcript excerpt.
