Massachusetts C&D Landfill to Expand

Casella Waste Systems Inc., a regional recycling company based in Rutland, Vt., has announced that a Massachusetts superior court judge rejected an appeal by several citizen groups challenging a June 2008 Southbridge Board of Health decision which granted a minor modification to the site assignment for the Southbridge Sanitary Landfill.

Following this favorable decision, the company's subsidiary, Southbridge Recycling and Disposal Park, Inc. ("SRD") will seek the remaining approvals to implement the changes in waste mix and rate of waste deposit that were approved by the board, according to a Casella press release. The 2008 Site Assignment decision allows SRD to accept into the landfill up to 405,000 tons of municipal solid waste per year. The landfill is currently permitted to receive only 180,960 tons per year of construction and demolition residuals and limited MSW from the Town of Southbridge.