A county in Wisconsin is facing a time when it will need to make some important decisions – and pay some significant costs – when its landfill reaches capacity in an estimated three to five years. The Kestrel Hawk Landfill is approaching closure, so Racine County will need to either find a new landfill site or begin trucking local trash to other landfills, which would increase transportation costs, according to the Associated Press.

Finding a site and building a new landfill would take years and would be an expensive proposition, so a Zero Waste Initiative was put into as an attempt to delay the closing of the Kestrel Hawk site...

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Ken Notes: While transportation is an issue, regional sites can often better manage waste. Also consider public private partnerships...

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