Orange County leaders’ proposal to double the amount of trash going to the Prima Deshecha landfill on a daily basis is facing strong pushback in South County, with thousands of signatures on a petition opposing the expansion and over half a dozen other government agencies raising red flags over the plan.
On Thursday night, Orange County residents are about to get one of their first opportunities to address county leaders face to face over their new plans at a town hall in San Clemente.
County leaders argue the landfill’s expansion from 4,000 tons of trash per day to 8,000 is an essential increase because of plans to shut down the Olinda Alpha landfill in Brea, which means more trash will be diverted to the Bowerman Landfill in Irvine and Prima Deshecha, which sits on the edge of San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente…