EPA to state (GA): Yard-waste-in-landfills bill is bad idea

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March 4, 2010 at 11:27 am by Thomas Wheatley in News

A bill that could send 1.5 million tons of perfectly good yard waste into landfills every year — and generate a nice amount of cash for a few landfill companies — has generated ample criticism from environmentalists, composting buffs and businessmen who rely on the discarded yard trimmings.

You can now add the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the list of critics.

In a Feb. 25 letter to state Environmental Protection Director Allen Barnes, EPA Region IV Director Alan Farmer says the federal agency “shares your concern” about the bill, which would repeal the ban on yard waste in certain landfills.

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