North Carolina landfill seeks expansion permission

Shotwell Landfill in Wake County, North Carolina, has asked county commissioners there to allow an increase in the volume of construction and demolition (C&D) materials it accepts on a daily basis.

According to an online report by the Charlotte News & Observer, the owners of the landfill are also requesting approval to be able to receive materials from additional counties in the region.

According to the newspaper, the requests are “similar to proposals Wake County commissioners have dumped twice in recent years.”

The landfill, described as a 133 acres in size, will be submitting a request to be discussed by the Wake County Commissioners on Sept. 6, 2016. The request involves accepting C&D debris from six additional counties and increasing its daily allowable volume limit to 1,000 tons, quadruple the current 250-ton limit.

According to the News-Observer, two previous requests have been voted down, in one case because the landfill’s owner also applied concurrently with a state of North Carolina department to be able to accept a wider variety of waste, including auto shredder residue (ASR) and coal ash.