MACON, Ga. — Among the many big decisions facing the soon-to-be-consolidated Macon and Bibb County government is how to deal with trash. The city and the county have two entirely different systems, and officials say the garbage issue is likely to cause a stink.
As of now, county trash is picked up by a private company called Advanced Disposal and trucked away to a landfill in Twiggs County. For residents, pick up costs $12.75 monthly. In Macon, the city picks up trash once a week for $15 a month.
The city’s Walker Road landfill only has about 9 years before it fills up. But Assistant Solid Waste Director Larry Dunning with the city’s public works department actually wants to take on more trash, the city’s and the county’s. And he’s got a plan about to do it.
“Even if we fill this landfill up and have to close it, the idea was if we get all the county’s waste, we’ll be responsible for it — to recycle as much as we can and reduce the volume that needs to leave Macon, Georgia if this landfill is full,” Dunning said.
via Garbage Fight Coming To Macon-Bibb.
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