The McMinnville City Council voted unanimously last Tuesday night to direct hauler Recology to divert city waste from Riverbend Landfill. Recology has proposed sending garbage from the City's residents and businesses to Headquarters Landfill in Washington State.
The new landfill will not need to expand in order to accommodate the extra garbage as it has a hundred years' capacity remaining. Riverbend is expected to reach capacity in mid-2019, according to landfill officials.
The change in destination comes with a rate increase, but the amount varies with the volume of waste a household has picked up each week. Residents can reduce the amount they pay by buying items with less packaging, reusing items, and recycling more, enabling them to use a smaller and cheaper waste container.
Recology can handle the change because earlier this year the City approved construction of a transfer station at its Orchard Avenue site. Recology can now transfer waste from city garbage trucks to semi trailers for the long haul to Washington. Previously the city garbage trucks went directly to Riverbend.
The new order will go into effect in January 2018.
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