Manager says Countywide is working hard to eliminate stink

By ZACK LINT
The Times-Reporter

EAST SPARTA – Tim Vandersall, general manager of Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility, vowed Thursday to win the hearts – and noses – of his downwind neighbors.

“We will meet the EPA director’s deadline,” he said while navigating the muddy paths that contour and weave through the slopes of the landfill’s mountainous trash piles.

The landfill near Bolivar has been the focus of complaints for months. Residents who reside within a few miles of the facility claim that the odor is nearly unbearable....Read more.