Three questions on landfill expansion

Richard Lensing

Feb. 10, 2026 7:13 pm

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Regarding the possible expansion of the Linn County Solid Waste Facility:

1. Have we (as a society) still not figured out how to stop producing so much waste?

2. Is burying the stuff in Linn County still the best solution?

3. Whatever happened to the plan to incinerate it?

Richard Lensing

Marion

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