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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Stall Writer
The Board of Supervisors this week moved closer to agreeing to have the county’s trash hauled to Fauquier County for landfilling starting in October.
At Monday’s meeting County Administrator Johq McCarthy presented the supervisors with a spread sheet showing that since the opening of the county landfill, trash disposal has cost approximately $77 per ton.
If trash is hauled to Fauquier, the cost will be approximately $58 per ton, Mr. McCarthy added. However, that estimate does not include the cost of maintaining any collection sites other than the one at the landfill. Mr. McCarthy noted that if one or more collection sites are added, the cost will increase.
On the other hand, the cost for continuing to dispose of trash at the current landfill will also go up, he noted, because the next lanfill cell must be built to meet new EPA standards that require a double liner.
The county cannot continue to operate the dumpster sites at Huntly and Scrabble as they are currently operating if local trash is hauled to Fauquier, Mr. McCarthy said. The agreement with
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