Spartanburg Landfill

[Spartan]

While advertizing sites is not allowed here, the topic of the landfill is certainly valid, and I think it is worthy of its own thread.

What do you think about Waste Management and their goal to make Spartanburg become the dumping ground of the Upstate and Western NC?

[GSP Tiger]

I do not like the idea of creating another landfill though it is necessary. Palmetto, Waste Management's current facility in Duncan, is reaching capacity and will close within the next year or so. The site in Enoree was initially chosen because it would have the least impact on residents and have enough room to dispose of western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina's wastes for years to come. I know you will have displeasure from residents against it for health and property value concerns. The fact is a new landfill is going somewhere.

Personally, I think people can reduce the number of landfills by disposing some waste via recycling.

[willum]

I really really dislike the idea of landfills. Can they not be made more efficient, dumping less waste? can we not recycle more of it? Every time I drive back to Sptbg from 85S and pass over hwy 29 I get grossed out by the smell of waste. It's disgusting, and not a nice image for our city/county.

[GSP Tiger]

Woodruff Council against landfill

Spartanburg Herald-Journal (SC)

2006/3/1

Woodruff City Council recently passed an ordinance opposing the new landfill. I doubt they want trucks carrying disposable waste going through town.

[Spartan]

It will be interesting to see how this turns out.

Does the County really need the $2million each year?

[GSP Tiger]

Is the $2 million figure from the estimated operating expenses?

[Spartan]

I don't recall. I just remember that figure. I think it is some kind of fee that Wste Management is agreeing to pay the County if it goes through.

[GSP Tiger]

County Council decision: Enoree landfill is "dead"

Spartanburg Herald-Journal (SC)

2006/3/16

Spartanburg County council has stopped negotiations with Waste Management on building a new landfill in Enoree.

The landfill issue appears to be "dead" for the time being. I wonder how many years Palmetto has left before it reaches its capacity.

[Spartan]

Good riddance. Hopefully this issue will not ressurect itself. I think that Palmetto is supposed to top out this decade. I could be wrong about that though.