On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council will take a vote on the future of how the county will take out its trash.
Among the options, closing the Dickerson incinerator operated by Reworld, and sending the county’s trash to landfills outside the county, or modernize the incinerator for continued use.
Days before the council’s vote, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, whose long-stated goal has been to close the facility, sent a letter to the council urging members to close it, and to reconsider his suggestion to develop the site for advanced waste processing, where trash is sorted so that more recoverable items can be retrieved and less trash ends up in a landfill…