Company gets green light for landfill near Bennett

By Bill Scanlon
Rocky Mountain News

BRIGHTON, CO - Thirty angry homeowners on Wednesday lost their bid to stop construction of a landfill near them, but at least they got a public apology from the dump's owner.

"These residents deserve an apology from us for starting the work unannounced," said John Griffith, president of Alpine Waste & Recycling, during a public hearing. "It was a poor move on our part."

Alpine's bulldozers showed up Saturday morning in the neighborhood north of Bennett and six miles east of Denver International Airport. Surprised homeowners complained they were not told a dump was planned near them and said the noise, dust, odor and traffic would lower property values....Read more.