Waste Management seeks expansion on heels of $2.8 million fine
More landfill space sought
By Robbie Dingeman
Honolulu Advertiser Staff Writer
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Honolulu's only municipal landfill is filling up faster than anticipated, forcing the private company that runs the operation for the city to request permission to raise the height of portions of the landfill by about 40 feet, state officials said.
The Health Department's solid waste chief, Steven Chang, said the city and Waste Management Inc. last week requested a permit modification for the Waimanalo Gulch landfill, noting that the part of the landfill that takes ash from the city's HPOWER garbage-to-energy plant is expected to reach the permitted capacity by next month.
Chang said the request would take the height to 275 feet in some segments of the ash landfill. Currently, it ranges in height from 100 feet to about 235 feet, he said. . . Read more
Honolulu Advertiser Staff Writer
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Honolulu's only municipal landfill is filling up faster than anticipated, forcing the private company that runs the operation for the city to request permission to raise the height of portions of the landfill by about 40 feet, state officials said.
The Health Department's solid waste chief, Steven Chang, said the city and Waste Management Inc. last week requested a permit modification for the Waimanalo Gulch landfill, noting that the part of the landfill that takes ash from the city's HPOWER garbage-to-energy plant is expected to reach the permitted capacity by next month.
Chang said the request would take the height to 275 feet in some segments of the ash landfill. Currently, it ranges in height from 100 feet to about 235 feet, he said. . . Read more
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