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Monthly Archives: August 2022

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Terrible location for a landfill, environmentally

  • Post published:August 1, 2022
  • Post category:Top Facts

Coffin Butte Landfill is situated in one of the wettest parts of the Willamette Valley, on geologically complex land. This poses significant environmental problems. The wetter the climate, the more…

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Coffin Butte Landfill NOT owned or operated by Benton County

  • Post published:August 1, 2022
  • Post category:Top Facts

Republic Services, Inc., a for-profit, out-of-state corporation, owns and operates the landfill through a subsidiary corporation, Valley Landfills, Inc. (VLI). VLI reaps the landfill’s profits and shares a tiny percentage…

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If any expansion south of Coffin Butte Road is approved, landfill intake limit is removed

  • Post published:August 1, 2022
  • Post category:Top Facts

A clause in the 2020 Landfill Franchise Agreement (FA) between Republic Services and Benton County is worded such that if any expansion onto the property south of Coffin Butte Road…

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Landfill owner flouts the rules

  • Post published:August 1, 2022
  • Post category:Top Facts

Another reason to not allow any new expansion: Republic Services has repeatedly flouted the rules (such as conditions of approval in land use applications for past expansions) and gotten away…

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Working to protect Benton County, Oregon from further expansions of the Coffin Butte Landfill

Copyright 2022  |  Coffin Butte Facts  |  valleyneighbors@coffinbuttefacts.org