Washington County Pursues Landfill Expansion
King County, Washington, is running out of local options to manage its waste.
The most populous county in the state recently bought itself some time by convincing partner cities to expand its Cedar Hills Regional Landfill again, but that will only solve the area’s waste problem for another two decades. After that, the landfill is out of space, unless the county can somehow convince rancorous neighboring residents to remove height restrictions or allow expansion into buffer zones. For the time being, local officials are exploring other alternatives, with landfill critics arguing that waste-to-energy is the best option.
By Waste Dive