Waste Not of Yamhill County

The mission of Waste Not of Yamhill County is to oppose the expansion of Riverbend Landfill and to promote alternatives for solid waste disposal.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Garbage Avalanche

The great garbage avalanche of 2505
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What's At Stake?

THE FLOODPLAIN: Annual flooding picks up landfill toxins and debris carrying them downstream.

OUR WATER SUPPLY: The first cells of Riverbend Landfill are not properly lined and have already leaked. Even the best technology cannot prevent the inevitable...

"New technology, according to DEQ staff, will not eliminate risk, merely delay the long term effects."

Deficiencies in Subtitle D Composite Liners:  The US EPA Solid Waste Disposal Criteria (August 30 1988) stated:

"First, even the best liner and leachate collection system will ultimately fail due to natural deterioration, and recent improvements in MSWLF (municipal solid waste landfill) containment technologies suggest that releases may be delayed by many decades at some landfills."

BIRD FLU: The landfill has been designated as a repository in the case of an outbreak of bird flu.

TOURIST INDUSTRY: The new Yamhill County Historical Musuem is in the shadow of the landfill and the view from many of our vineyards is destroyed by the 240 foot garbage mountain.

NATURAL RESOURCES: Waste going into the landfill could be recyclable at a waste processing transfer center. Our highways are packed with hundreds of out-of-county garbage trucks coming from as far away as Seattle.

WIND-BLOWN TRASH Brought in from over 10 counties destroys our tourist routes and is carried from the landfill into the Yamhill River and surrounding areas.

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Garbage Avalanche

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