Citizens' legal backers allege the 293-acre landfill planned for Burnettown, by Jefferson Elementary, wouldn't have been OK'd ...

Benton County’s waste system presents the illusion of choice. Though Chapter 23 of the county code implies a nonexclusive ...

A state law that mandated diversion of organic waste from landfills is being blamed for exacerbating illegal dumping in ...

Seattle saw this coming 30 years ago and started shipping its waste by rail to Columbia Ridge Landfill, near Arlington, Oregon, over 300 miles away. It is 2,500 acres, with a lifespan of 143 years.

Daryl Wieberg Storm clouds as seen from Highway 54 on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. KMIZ A Sunday storm significantly damaged a Columbia Utilities recycling building at the landfill on April 20 ...

Columbia Ridge Landfill, in Arlington, operated by Waste Management: Between 12% and 19% Knott Landfill, in Bend, operated by Deschutes County: Between 12% and 16% ...

The Chapin, Gilbert-Summit and South Congaree-Pine Ridge library branches will open as normal at 11 a.m. The Lexington County Landfill will open on a three-hour delay beginning at 10 a.m.

Convenience sites will open on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 12 noon. The Orangeburg County Landfill, located at 310 Endicott Court, Orangeburg will open on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 12 noon.

County residents ready to take down Christmas trees can do their part to keep the trees out of the Alpha Ridge Landfill by recycling the trees through the county’s Merry Mulch program. The program ...

SOUTH PARK — An excavator perched on the edge of a barge scooped contaminated mud from the bottom of the Duwamish on Tuesday. The full-scale cleanup of this Superfund site, on Seattle’s only ...

Contaminated sediment is being scooped up, placed on a barge, towed to shore, transferred to land, then loaded onto trains bound for the Columbia Ridge Landfill in Oregon.