Haulers Seek End to Orange County Waste Importation

Date: October 11, 2001

Source: News Room

A proposed initiative to stop out-of-county waste from being imported into Orange County, Calif. has been filed by several haulers in the area. The measure would prohibit the disposal of solid wastes from outside the county at county landfills in Brea, Irvine and San Juan Capistrano. After Orange County declared bankruptcy in December 1994, supervisors voted to allow out-of-county trash at three county-owned landfills. Since importation began in 1995, about $90 million in dumping fees has been paid by other counties' trash haulers. County supervisors said that income is a significant part of the $11 million the county pays each year for the bankruptcy debt.

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