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Cocke County Landfill Committee
Members of the Cocke County Landfill Committee met Thursday evening to discuss issues regarding garbage disposal in the county. Chair Terry Dawson said most of the issues at the Centerview Convenience Center have been addressed, but fellow Commissioner Calvin Ball said a center in his community has had issues with large commercial loads of trash filling up the dumpsters and also blocking those with residential trash from reaching the dumpsters. The committee agreed that large loads of trash should be taken to the county landfill so that convenience center dumpsters are not filled up so quickly. Another committee member, David Veridal, suggested that the money collected from recycled items be placed in a separate account to be used to purchase compactors for the convenience centers. "I hope we don't continue to buy dumpsters but go to compactors at all the centers," he added. Dawson also pointed out that the use of compactors saves money because a larger load of garbage can be hauled to the landfill in Lowland with a compactor. Steve Cobb, General Manager of Waste Industries suggested that the committee visit Grainger County's system for garbage disposal. That county uses only compactors and also has a very efficient recycling program, he said. One of the issues faced locally with recycling receptacles is that residents frequently throw trash into the recycling bins, and that creates issues when the product is sold. Currently, private garbage haulers are not charged a fee when they use the convenience centers. But there is concern that they fill up the dumpsters quickly with large loads and so they will be asked to transport their garbage to the county landfill. Jerry Campbell, a private hauler, said he makes only $3.71 profit per customer weekly, and a fee for disposal would make his enterprise unprofitable. Veridal argued against a fee saying the private firms provide a needed service to those who are unable to haul their own garbage. Mayor Crystal Ottinger reported that some residents throw their trash outside of the convenience centers when the centers are closed. A decision was made to obtain the name and address of such offenders and to charge them with littering. Plans also are to accept bids from those who wish to pick up recyclables from the convenience centers, however Cobb said currently the only profitable recyclables are aluminum and cardboard.
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