Opinion: State response to Juniper Ridge landfill concerns falls short
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This Earth Day, local residents are demanding real environmental solutions .
The company anticipates the landfill will exhaust its capacity, which is just under 10 million cubic yards, in 2028.
If approved, Casella's contract to operate Juniper Ridge Landfill would be extended another six years to 2040.
The bill would create a long-term fix to the sudden and severe law so other towns do not have to go through what Jay did last year.
Hundreds of communities have had to reroute their trash due to waste plant closures and the sludge crisis. Luckily, there may be relief starting in 2024.