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would be “miniscule.” In addition, Mr. Wiggons noted that the present landfill could be used as a transfer station if the joint facility in Manassas becomes a reality.
No Reason To Stop
“We’ve been studying this for more than a year now and we haven’t found any reason to stop studying it,” Mr. Wiggons said, characterizing the ongoing negotiations as “moving forward, but moving forward very slowly.”
If built, would the joint facility be a potential disposal site for Rappahannock’s solid waste?
“Of course, I can’t speak for anyone, but I would guess that it would accept solid waste from anywhere, as long as the locality was willing to pay a fair share,” Mr. Wiggons replied.
Rappahannock can also look to Clarke County for an example of what to do with trash besides burying it at home. Clarke has an automatically renewing “continuing operating agreement” for solid waste disposal with Frederick County and the city of Winchester, reports county administrator Bob Lee.
Clarke provides no “green boxes,” no dumpsters. Trash is brought to the compactor at the landfill in Frederick near the Clarke County line by private haulers. Trash is weighed, the hauler’s vehicle is checked for a Clarke County sticker and then the bill is sent to Clarke. “We pay a little bit more per ton than Winchester (which purchased the site) and Frederick (which operates and maintains the landfill) but it’s still so much cheaper than a small county like Clarke trying to do it alone,” Mr. Lee said.
He repeated the suggestions from PEC and the solid waste committee, advising Rappahannock to contract with a nearby county, such as Warren, to accept its solid waste for the short term while maintaining one or two compactor sites here to make disposal more convenient for local residents.
For the long term, Mr. Lee endorsed a regional solution: “It’s cost effective — and will become even mo ’e so — for small counties to ban together.”
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