Dive Summary:
- Rizzo Environmental Services is planning to operate a new $10 million landfill in Macomb County, Michigan, after permits are approved, in about two to three years.
- The hauler cites the need for better pricing from the county landfill and raising fuel fees as the reasoning behind the move to open a landfill that will be in direct competition with Pine Tree Acres landfill, which is owned by Waste Management of Michigan and is the only landfill in the county.
- Rizzo holds contracts with 30 municipalities in Southeastern Michigan; the facility, Clinton Valley Farms, would be located on 316 acres, would be the first landfill operated by the hauler.
From the article:
He [Chuck Rizzo Jr., Rizzo Environmental CEO] estimates that Clinton Valley Farms…would create 30 to 40 local jobs and extend the county's landfill capacity from about 10 years to at least 25 years and possibly 30 years.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that annual per-person waste production has been on a decline recently, he said, and the nine landfills in a five-county region of Southeast Michigan are becoming increasingly competitive for smaller volumes of waste.
Rizzo expects Hackel will need to reconvene the county's Solid Waste Planning Committee… to review its application for an amendment. That body then makes a recommendation to the Macomb County Board of Commissioners for a decision.
