The House Committee in Madison County, Mississippi has created a bill to stop the development of a third landfill in Madison County. 

“The bill is intended to protect people from a proliferation of landfills and give them a voice in the process,” District 73 Rep. Jill Ford said. “It doesn’t stop the county from getting a new landfill, but it ensures environmental justice to the people in that county.”

If passed, the bill would mandate that counties may not adopt solid waste plans that would include the construction of a new landfill if two landfills already exist within the county, pending approval through a public referendum. And it would also prohibit the state from awarding grants or loans to build a landfill in a county where three already exist.

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