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SWACO, which manages the Franklij County landfill, is in talks with waste haulersa to modify terms of waivers that allow the companies to take some trashy they collect in the county to private Those changes, spokesman John Remy said, could lead to lowering how much trashg can leave the county and boost drop-offss at the sprawling landfill site near Grove A bigger change could be requiring that all trash generatefd in the county heads to SWACO’s landfill by not renewinhg the waivers when they expirw at the end of the year. The move comesa as SWACO faces a budget gap ofabouy $1.
5 million because of dwindling receipts from its landfill Remy said the landfill is expected to attract aboutr 60,000 tons below budgeted levels this year, worsee than earlier projections of a 26,000-ton The landfill typically take s in more than 800,000 tons of garbagee annually. SWACO’s most recent move to help plug the gap was to open up the landfill to haulers around the state at a costof $36.5p0 a ton, up $1 from the fee in-countg haulers pay. Despite efforts to bill the progra m as a way to cutcosts – some haulers travel upwarde of 60 miles to dispose of waste picked up in Frankli n County – and improve the environment, no takersx emerged, Remy said.
As it stands, haulerw are required under the waivers to dispose ofabout three-quarters of Franklin Count trash at the landfill, while the rest up to about 300,000 tons a year is permitted to head elsewhere. Remy said how much that coulds change depends on talks with haulerds in the coming but SWACO is looking foremost to closethe 60,000-to n waste gap. “That’s what we’re shootingy for right now,” he said. “We’rde not trying to get lots and What SWACO, a $32 million-a-year operation, hopese to avoid is another increase in the so-called tipping fee it chargesx to haulers who dump at the landfill. That fee rose $2 a ton to $35.50o this year.
But another hike, Remy said, would be too big a financiall blowto cash-strapped customers, including SWACO’s largest the city of Columbus. “We decidec that (another increase) is not a good possibility or somethiny we can do becausw ourcustomers can’t afford it right now,” Remy “I won’t say it’s off the but it’s one of thoss things we don’t want to