The last unlined landfill in Vermont is officially closed. Salisbury Selectboard member Jonathan Blake says it was only a matter of time before the landfill closed. “The writing was on the wall with it being the last unlined landfill in Vermont,” he said. “You’re looking at the history here. Thirty years of this being done.”
According to Blake, an unlined landfill doesn’t have any protections underneath to prevent leaching of the ground and soil. He says the town had to be extra cautious when handling and managing hazardous wastes.
On September 1, R & L Haulers took over and the site will start operating as a transfer station on September 4. Residents can still drop off their trash there, but they won’t see the landfill much longer. Blake says crews will eventually plant grass over the land.
“It’ll be a nice big field and I’m hoping somewhere down the road, maybe we can get a nice solar ray or something like that down there,” Blake told WCAX News. “It’d be a nice place to have solar because we get a lot of sun here.”