A bigger landfill is not the plan
[As I See It column, Corvallis Gazette-Times] Some weeks ago, amid all the fliers promoting the jail bond, Benton County sent out messages concerning a community petition about the landfill.…
[As I See It column, Corvallis Gazette-Times] Some weeks ago, amid all the fliers promoting the jail bond, Benton County sent out messages concerning a community petition about the landfill.…
[As I See it column from Corvallis Gazette-Times] A big thanks to all of the hardworking volunteers who participated in the Benton County Talks Trash workgroup and biweekly committee meetings…
Watch video of Mark Yeager's powerful testimony before Corvallis City Council on Tuesday Jan 17 2023 regarding the City's practice of accepting leachate from Coffin Butte Landfill into their municipal…
[This was a letter to the editor in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Jan 4th, 2023] This spring, Republic Services plans to submit new applications to expand the landfill north of Corvallis.…
[This was a public comment at the first Trash Talk Workgroup meeting] Gee, I’m old enough to remember back when this workgroup was going to explore the future of solid…
Because the last application to expand the landfill (LU-21-047) was so contentious, Benton County hired an independent third party to recommend something different. We were initially hopeful when Darren Nichols,…
In the summer of 2021, Republic Services applied to Benton County for permission to expand the Coffin Butte Landfill… again (they’ve expanded a number of times in the past). This…