Landfill Operations

The measure would approve up to $410,813 a year for UltraSystems Environmental to assist the county in monitoring the landfill for at least five years.

The project will help the town power municipal and school buildings and tap into three monetary streams: land lease payments, tax revenue and energy savings.

Some innovators are working on drone-bound sensors to measure methane, other landfill gases and more.

The associations recommend that states change the way they determine when closed MSW landfills are ready to end post-closure care.

In an open letter to LDEQ, Waste Connections and the LRLC protest the allegations against the landfill.

Report focuses on greenhouse gas emissions reductions, recycling viability, technology innovations and people.