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Opposition Continues To Grow Against Landfill Near North Escambia
February 21, 2011
The list of governments opposed to a new landfill in Conecuh County, Alabama, continues to grow. The new 5,100 acre landfill will be located only about 25 miles north of Century and the North Escambia area.
Worries range from environmental impacts, property values to negative effects on roads, bridges and even tourism.
Escambia County, Fla., Escambia County, Ala., Baldwin County, Monroe County, Atmore, Flomaton, Brewton, East Brewton Excel, Frisco City, Excel, Monroeville, Repton and the Poarch Creek Indians have all passed resolutions in opposition to Conecuh Woods. Monday night, the Town of Century also voted to take a stance against Conecuh Woods.
Conecuh Woods LLC has formally applied for the landfill, which will include a 1,600 acre “disposal cell” from Range to Repton to near the Big Escambia Creek. Big Escambia Creek flows southward into Escambia County, Alabama, through Flomaton and drains through a North Escambia swamp into the Escambia River and then Escambia Bay.
Escambia County (Fla.) commissioners have said the dump could have an indirect environmental impact in Florida.
Conecuh Woods does not call their facility a dump or even a landfill on their website. Instead, they refer to it as a “state of the art waste disposal and green energy facility” that will be “environmentally safe” and “economically sound”.
The Citizens for a Clean Southwest Alabama has hired a law firm to fight the proposed dump. Holding signs that proclaimed “No Dump!”, the protesters gathered as the Conecuh County Commission met last week to discuss plans for public hearing next month on the landfill, which will accept about 15,000 tons of waste per day from across the country.
And even health officials have spoken out against the landfill.
“This project, if enacted, will be one of the mega threats to public health issues today and for generations to come,” said Ruth Harrell of the Coalition for a Healthier Escambia County (Ala.). “This project poses health risks to the entire region, and to the state…not just to Conecuh County.”
A public hearing for the Conecuh County Commission to consider approval for Conecuh Woods is set for March 10, 9 a.m., at Reid State Technical College in Evergreen. The commission has until April 2 to make a decision on the proposal.
Pictured: Residents gather last Monday in Evergreen, Ala., to protest a planned 5,1000 landfill. File photos courtesy WALA FOX 10 for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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14 Responses to “Opposition Continues To Grow Against Landfill Near North Escambia”
land fills are a reality but how bout putting it somewhere where there is less chance of destroying a water system so many enjoy and benefit from. i am thinking that the people of this area are thinking long term and good for them! why not a state of the art recycling center?
landfills are a neccesary fact of living.if this landfill is properly built ,it should be no problem. but all these anti landfill people. most of them would jump at the chance to bring it to their neighborhood.
REGARDING:
“do you know what the new gold of the very near future will be? water. clean, potable water”
Nah, reverse osmosis can produce pure water from sewage, sea water, papermill effluent, you name it.
It’ll cost more than existing water, but won’t be anywhere near $1300 per ounce.
David not wanting to go that route,
but knowing it’s open
New concept :
Keep your own trash.
AT HOME
do you know what the new gold of the very near future will be? water. clean, potable water and think of how precious your artesian wells and spring fed water ways are and protect them with every ounce of strength you possess. consider the burgeoning world population just for starters. yes, clean water will only become more and more valuable as a resource. alabama and the florida residents protect your water, waterways, watersheds and springs.
This terrible project is going to affect us here in NW Fl. Our commissioners need to step up and add their protest to this landfill. I understand that they have already discussed it BUT we all know that talking about it and actually doing something can be two different things. Signing petitions may help but this is a big problem now as Mar. 10 is not too far away.
Concerned Citizen,
Not if you ALL go in and demand that your councilman resigns.
You voted him in and YOU CAN TAKE HIM OUT.
Art is right , make it pay or don’t do it.
What you don’t seem to understand IS, this IS NOT even YOUR garbage.
THIS will be a dump that they will be paid to let another city bring THEIR
garbage too.
This has always been done in the south. The expensive towns with
no land left pay your cities down here to ship THEIR garbage to.
What do you think N.Y. City does with THEIR garbage? Do you think
they have a landfill? They don’t even have enough apartment buildings. lol
They ship it to the south.
Fight it or make it pay. Someone has to start the ball rolling.
As it is now. YOU won’t see any of the money.
LEARN WHAT MAKING IT GREEN IS ALL ABOUT.
I have land in Conecuh County and I abosolutely oppose it. It will sooner or later mess up our enviroment there. Think about if it leaks and gets into the streams and our water sources what kind of havack that will create. There are many other things that has to be taken into consideration like the methane gas what will they do with it how will they get rid of it will they burn it off and polute the air even more. It goes on and on like who is going to take care of the roads where the trucks are hauling all this waste. I can tell who will paying for the roads it will once againg be the taxpayer while the out of state investors who do not have their families living in the middle of this are getting richer.
On the other hand if they really want to create jobs and do something postive then maybe they need to look at putting in a recycling plant in. That is good for the enviorment and good for the economy and puts peoples to work therefore putting more dollars in the community and not hurting our enviroment at the same time.
I live in Escambia county Alabama and I am opposed to this landfill.. The sad part is that they will build it even if everyone opposes it..
think of all the people cleaning up along the highway…imagine if all that trash meant money in mama’s pocketbook. that is if we had a truly viable user friendly woking recycling center. not just a “dump”…
i also like what horrific said about demanding…demand they take that eight acres and turn it into a state of the art recycling center…bottles aluminum etc nothing toxic. no commercial dumping. talk about jobs created!!!and pay people for bringing in their recyclables. is this really too much to ask? and just think… it will provide another life for resources that get dumped in the landfill to take up space.
reuse, reduce recycle…perhaps someday in a rather distant future, people will “mine” our (their ancestors) landfills…until that time occurs, we are running out of space due to the landfills filling up. alot of it is cheap electronics and plastics. i would add another “re” word…rethink…
Keep fighting it people and demand your commissions to LEAVE if they
don’t do what you want….you voted them in….now ask them to step down.
Get rid of these good ole boys who would sell you out for a $1.00.
YOU won’t even be the one getting it, ALL your going to get is someone elses
garbage.
SHESSH
“economically sound,” for whom might that be? The owners? The behind the back handshaker county commissioners who will approve this? But for the surrounding area’s residents, I don’t believe that they are on the list for the payouts. And just what does the status of LLC (limited liability company) give Conecuh Woods in the courts when this goes bad? Protection. Again, do the math: 5,100 acres is EIGHT SQUARE MILES of DUMP!!! All trash is not good money in the end.