Weston County Solid Waste District
Weston County is moving closer to having a new county wide landfill, according to Ed Wagoner, chairman of both the Weston County Solid Waste District board and the Weston County Commissioners. He reported last week that an average of 12,000 yards a day of dirt is presently being moved to build pits...
The City of Newcastle has had to file for an extension to its Landfill No. 2 permit because the proposed Weston County Solid Waste District landfill did not open before the original Newcastle Landfill No. 2 closure date of February 2022, according to Greg Stumpff, the city’s public works supervisor...
Bill addresses county landfill issues
Senate File 176 Solid Waste Disposal, a Weston County-inspired solid waste district bill, was approved by the House on Feb. 13 on second reading, according to Wyoleg.com. The bill passed the Senate on third reading on Feb. 2, with all 31 senators voting in...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
The Weston County Solid Waste District is one step closer to beginning the permitting process for the new county wide landfill, according to board member Bob Hartley.
After the completion of a land trade with the state of Wyoming, the district began the process to...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
The Weston County Solid Waste District has completed a land trading process with the state of Wyoming and is moving forward with establishing access to the county wide landfill.
In April 2019, the News Letter Journal reported that Trihydro Corp., the environmental...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
The Weston County Solid Waste District, in conjunction with the state of Wyoming and the district’s consultant, has taken several key steps to establish a county landfill. The new landfill, according to district board member Bob Hartley, will serve the entire county...
Alexis Barker
NLJ Reporter
The Weston County Solid Waste District was well on its way to having a county landfill operational at about the same time as the 2022 closing date for the Newcastle landfill, according to the district’s board chairman, Ed Wagoner.
This, is not the case anymore, Wagoner...
Alexis Barker
NLJ Reporter
The Weston County Solid Waste District is one step closer to securing a county wide landfill after the board reached a decision on an engineering consultant.
The Weston County Solid Waste District was created by the Weston County commissioners in 2015 with the assigned...
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