On Monday evening, about a hundred people filled the Black Library for a community town hall on Sullivan County’s waste-to-energy plant proposal. Annette Foy, a Sullivan County resident, was among the attendees…
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Sullivan County Community Groups Call Emergency Town Hall on Waste-to-Energy Proposal
Sullivan County may build a waste-to-energy facility that some critics say is a ‘public relations term’ for an incinerator. Local residents are pushing back. A coalition of environmental and racial justice groups…
Sullivan County Legislature Approves Solid Waste Management Plan. What’s Next?
The Sullivan County Legislature approved its first solid waste management plan in more than three decades in an 8-1 vote on August 21. District 5 Legislator Catherine Scott was the only legislator…
Future of Sullivan County’s Trash in Limbo
At the Sullivan County Transfer Station in Monticello, dozens of trucks drive in and out of Landfill Drive to unload tons of trash. Inside the main warehouse, garbage bags, construction debris, and…